Designing Switch/Routers: Fundamental Concepts and Design Methods

ISBN-13: 9781032315829 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 384 str.

James Aweya

Opis

This book examines the fundamental concepts and design methods associated with switch/routers. The book discusses the main factors that are driving the changing network landscape and propelling the continuous growth in demand for bandwidth and high-performance network devices.

Spis treści

1. The Era of High-Performance Networks, 2. Introducing Multilayer Switching and the Switch/Router, 3. OSI and TCP/IP Reference Models, 4. Mapping Network Device Functions to the OSI Reference Model, 5. Review of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Forwarding, 6. Packet Forwarding in the Switch/Router: Layer 3 Forwarding Architectures, 7. Review of Multilayer Switching Methods – Switch/Router Internals, 8. Quality of Service in Switch/Routers, 9. Rate Management Mechanisms in Switch/Routers

O autorze

James Aweya, PhD, is a Chief Research Scientist at the Etisalat British Telecom Innovation Center (EBTIC), Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He was a technical lead and senior systems architect with Nortel, Ottawa, Canada, from 1996 to 2009. He was awarded the 2007 Nortel Technology Award of Excellence (TAE) for his pioneering and innovative research on Timing and Synchronization across Packet and TDM Networks. He has been granted 70 US patents and has published over 54 journal papers, 40 conference papers, and 43 technical reports. He has authored five books including this book and is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).