Author :
Partridge, Craig ; Carvey, Philip P. ; Burgess, Ed ; Castineyra, Isidro ; Clarke, Tom ; Graham, Lise ; Hathaway, Michael ; Herman, Phil ; King, Allen ; Kohalmi, Steve ; Ma, Tracy ; Mcallen, John ; Mendez, Trevor ; Milliken, Walter C. ; Pettyjohn, Ronald ;
Author_Institution :
BBN Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Aggressive research on gigabit-per-second networks has led to dramatic improvements in network transmission speeds. One result of these improvements has been to put pressure on router technology to keep pace. This paper describes a router, nearly completed, which is more than fast enough to keep up with the latest transmission technologies. The router has a backplane speed of 50 Gb/s and can forward tens of millions of packets per second
Keywords :
data communication; data communication equipment; internetworking; network interfaces; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; 50 Gbit/s; IP router; backplane speed; gigabit-per-second networks; network transmission speeds; router technology; transmission technologies; Backplanes; Bandwidth; Data communication; Internetworking; Operating systems; Packet switching; Protocols; Routing; Switches; Web and internet services;
