Protocol convertibility in a network processing environment

Author

Tohio, Bertrand ; Pierre, Samuel ; Savaria, Yvon ; Mbaye, Maria M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

4-7 May 2003

Firstpage

801

Abstract

Network processors are an emerging field of research. These processors are designed to support network processing functions, mainly classification, modification, encryption and traffic management. This paper proposes a method for determining whether translation based on protocol control information mapping is possible between two given protocols. Such a method is then applied on a few common protocols. Preliminary results show that the proposed approach is efficient on protocols with well-defined format and service set.

Keywords

Internet; computer network management; local area networks; protocols; telecommunication traffic; encryption; network interconnection; network processing environment; network processing function; network processor; packet classification; packet modification; protocol control information mapping; protocol convertibility; traffic management; Application specific integrated circuits; Communication system traffic control; Computer architecture; Encapsulation; Ethernet networks; Integrated circuit interconnections; Intelligent networks; Peer to peer computing; Process design; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2003. IEEE CCECE 2003. Canadian Conference on

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7781-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2003.1226016

Filename

1226016