Everything about Open Shortest Path First

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Open Shortest Path FirstA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Open Shortest Path First extension for the support of multiarea networks with arbitrary topologiesInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: OSPF and IS-ISThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: On open shortest path first related network optimisation problemsCited 75 times
5. Go sideways: Link-state advertisementA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Multicast routingA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• On open shortest path first related network optimisation problems

  M. Pióro, Á. Szentesi, J. Harmatos · 2002 · Performance Evaluation · 75 citations

• Intelligent Quality of Service Aware Traffic Forwarding for Software-Defined Networking/Open Shortest Path First Hybrid Industrial Internet

  Yuanguo Bi, Guangjie Han, Chuan Lin · 2020 · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics · 42 citations

• Fuzzy particle swarm optimization algorithms for the open shortest path first weight setting problem

  Mohammad Aijaz Mohiuddin, Salman A. Khan, Andries P. Engelbrecht · 2016 · Applied Intelligence · 33 citations

• A Review on Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Routing Protocol

  Abhishek Verma, Neha Bhardwaj · 2016 · International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking · 22 citations

• Open shortest path first (OSPF) routing protocol simulation

  Deepinder Sidhu, Tayang Fu, Shukri Abdallah · 1993 · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review · 16 citations

• Convergence time analysis of open shortest path first routing protocol in internet scale networks

  S.U. Malik, S.K. Srinivasan, S.U. Khan · 2012 · Electronics Letters · 15 citations

• Simulated evolution and simulated annealing algorithms for solving multi-objective open shortest path first weight setting problem

  Mohammed A. Mohiuddin, Salman A. Khan, Andries P. Engelbrecht · 2014 · Applied Intelligence · 12 citations

• Valid cycles: A source of infeasibility in open shortest path first routing

  Peter Broström, Kaj Holmberg · 2008 · Networks · 10 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Open Shortest Path First extension for the support of multiarea networks with arbitrary topologies

  Xavier Gomes, João Fonseca, Rui Valadas · 2024 · IET Networks · 2 citations

• Wireless Area Network Infrastructure Model on Gili Ketapang Island Using Open Shortest Path First Routing Protocol

  Diah Ayu RetnaniWulandari, Yudha Alif Auliya, Antonius CahyaPrihandoko · 2022 · Kinetik: Game Technology, Information System, Computer Network, Computing, Electronics, and Control · 1 citations

• Perancangan Dua Link MPLS Menggunakan Protokol Routing Open Shortest Path First dan Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol pada Jaringan Wide Area Network

  Jaka Naufal Semendawai, Desi Windi Sari, Nadia Thereza · 2022 · Jurnal Rekayasa Elektro Sriwijaya · 1 citations

• Implementasi Routing Protocol OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) dalam Jaringan SOHO

  I Gusti Ayu Purnami Pinatih, I Gede Santi Astawa · 2023 · JELIKU (Jurnal Elektronik Ilmu Komputer Udayana) · 0 citations

• Analisis Performa Open Shortest Path First Load Balancing dengan Metode Cost Manipulation

  Mochamad Wahyudi, Firmansyah Firmansyah · 2022 · MATRIK : Jurnal Manajemen, Teknik Informatika dan Rekayasa Komputer · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕OSPF and IS-ISRui Valadas · 2019
• Routing first-stepWilliam R. Parkhurst · 2005
• OSPF and IS-ISJeff Doyle · 2005
• Cisco OSPF Command and Configuration HandbookWilliam R. Parkhurst · 2002
• Cisco OSPF Command and Configuration Handbook (paperback)William R. Parkhurst · 2008

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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