Title :
Issues and trends in router design
Author :
Keshav, S. ; Sharma, Rosen
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
fDate :
5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Future routers must not only forward packets at high speeds, but also deal with nontrivial issues such as scheduling support for differential services, heterogeneous link technologies, and backward compatibility with a wide range of packet formats and routing protocols. The authors outline the design issues facing the next generation of backbone, enterprise, and access routers. The authors also present a survey of advances in router design, identifying important trends, concluding with a selection of open issues
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; packet switching; scheduling; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; ATM switching cores; IP routers; access routers; backbone routers; backward compatibility; differential services; enterprise routers; heterogeneous link technologies; output queuing; packet formats; packet forwarding; router design; routing protocols; scheduling algorithms; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Distributed algorithms; Fabrics; IP networks; Quality of service; Routing protocols; Spine; Switches; Web and internet services;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
