Abstract
The special issue of Computer Networks has published several papers dealing with the challenges faced in high-performance switching and routing in the future Internet. Seven out of the twelve papers included in the special issue report novel and surveying proposals addressing the wire-speed electronic packet-by-packet processing at multi-Gbps. These papers state that nodes are required to aggregate large number of user packet flows, while meeting their QoS requirements as traffic grows. This entails boards designed with dedicated architectures or specialized programmable devices. The packet processing cycle implemented in the line cards includes packet classification to identify the packet flow, IP address lookup to obtain the packet forwarding information, and packet filtering to implement security strategies in traffic forwarding. A large number of IP lookup algorithms have been proposed to address these issues as the Internet moves to IPv6 due to exhaustion of IPv4 addresses.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3007-3009 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Computer Networks |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 5 Sep 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:He holds the Gaylord Presidential professorship of Computer Science at The University of Oklahoma where he teaches courses in Data Networks and Computer Architecture. His research interests and publications are in next generation computer networks, wireless and mobile networks, satellite networks, switching and routing. His current research activities are supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), U.S. Air Force, Cisco, Honeywell and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation through grants totaling over $4 M.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications