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Frame Relay & Ethernet - Unified with a Single MPLS Infrastructure
White Paper In this paper, the focus is on the use of Martini tunneling to support both Frame Relay and Ethernet services in metropolitan networks. Part I of the paper discusses the state of Frame Relay deployments worldwide. [01 Mar 2004]
Riverstone’s “Hitless Protection System”: Hot Failover for IP Routers
White Paper Riverstone’s Hitless Protection System (HPS) increases router and network uptime on carrier networks, providing carrier-class hot failover characteristics similar to SONET and circuit switched voice networks. [24 Feb 2004]
Accounting for Profitability: Riverstone’s Lightweight Flow Accounting Protocol
White Paper This paper is intended to provide a full introduction to the central capabilities of Riverstone’s accounting architecture. The paper will also explain how service providers can use Riverstone’s capabilities to improve their network management and... [24 Feb 2004]
Next-Generation Switch Routers RapidOS Powers the Riverstone Solution
White Paper Now that networks and carrier expectations have evolved and grown, solutions such as the Riverstone RS router platforms are in demand. In the dawn of the age of routers, a router was little more than a small computer running a generic operating... [24 Feb 2004]
Testing Riverstone RS MPLS Interoperability with Cisco GSR and Juniper M Series Routers
White Paper This paper demonstrates the interoperability of the Riverstone RS Router's MPLS implementation with that of two important core routers: the Cisco Systems GSR and Juniper Networks M series routers. MPLS interoperability is an important concern for... [24 Feb 2004]
Providing Top-Notch Service with the Riverstone WAN
White Paper Riverstone identifies three critical characteristics of the successful service provider: footprint, speed, and aggregation. These critical factors are discussed in terms of the Riverstone Networks solution. [24 Feb 2004]
Hardware Rate Limiting with Riverstone Networks
White Paper To allow service providers (SPs) to effectively manage bandwidth, Riverstone's RS switch routers offer an extremely powerful feature called Hardware Rate Limiting (HRL). Metro SPs can use this feature to create tiered levels of service, offering... [24 Feb 2004]
e-QoS Solutions for Service Providers Using Riverstone Networks Switch Routers
White Paper Today's networks need to carry a variety of traffic with expectations of service that vary from application to application. This is commonly called a "differentiated service" (DIFFSERV) Quality of Service (QoS) Strategy. [24 Feb 2004]
Command and Control Your Network: Monitoring and Security on the Riverstone Platform
White Paper Recent events have shown that the old adage, "What you don’t see can’t hurt you," is true. As with many things in life, this applies to networking as well. Not being able to see the port scans being run against your network does not mean that they... [24 Feb 2004]
The Importance of Inbound Rate Limiting
White Paper In addition, general specifications of a Riverstone solution that was presented to a customer to solve real issues are shown as a concrete example of a real world implementation of Inbound Rate Limiting in a competitive business environment. [24 Feb 2004]
Bringing IP Networking to Local Voice Switching
White Paper This paper presents a joint Sonus Networks/Riverstone Networks local voice switching solution that aims to answer the questions surrounding VoIP and to demonstrate that VoIP not only meets the stringent requirements of the world’s largest carriers... [24 Feb 2004]
Metro Ethernet Services over ATM Networks (EoATM)
White Paper It introduces Ethernet services and discusses how service providers can introduce Ethernet access and LAN-to-LAN services using Riverstone RS routers. It also shows how service providers can use Riverstone routers to integrate MPLS/IP networks with... [24 Feb 2004]
Network Address Translation
White Paper Riverstone Networks' NAT is a wire-speed solution, which means it is realized in hardware rather than in software. NAT is supported on all Riverstone platforms. With the exponential growth of the Internet, a shortage of IP addresses is becoming a... [24 Feb 2004]
Building 10 Gigabit /DWDM Metro Area Networks
White Paper As Riverstone Networks and the Industry begin supplying 10 Gb/s Ethernet products, certain questions still remain. The need to expand metropolitan network capacity to accommodate high-speed wide area networks is well recognized but finding... [24 Feb 2004]
Next Generation Metro Routers
White Paper Now that networks and carrier expectations have evolved and grown, solutions such as the Riverstone RS router platforms are in demand. Driven by enterprise and consumer demands for high-speed Internet access and readily-available content, demands... [24 Feb 2004]
