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Photos: The tech that holds up the net
Photo Packet switching is essentially the routing of parcels of data between nodes using data links shared with other data. Packet switching is one of the crucial technologies that made the internet possible. [06 Aug 2008]
Switching Versus Routing in Access Networks
White Paper Any discussion regarding the decision to use L2 switching versus L3 routing in the access network must be prefaced with the basic understanding of the uses and benefits of each technology. Traditionally, L2 switching has been used to efficiently... [04 Aug 2008]
Bandwidth Sharing With Primary Paths for Restoration Routing in an MPLS Network
White Paper In MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks, restoration routing ensures that an alternate communication path will promptly be available upon failure of a network element along a primary path. The extent of such sharing along backup paths... [04 Aug 2008]
Research in Optical Burst Switching Within the e-Photon/ONe Network of Excellence
White Paper This paper presents a summary of Optical Burst Switching (OBS) research within the VI framework program e-Photon/ONe network of excellence. The paper includes network aspects such as routing techniques, resilience and contention resolution... [04 Aug 2008]
Scalable Layer-2/Layer-3 Multistage Switching Architectures for Software Routers
White Paper To overcome these limitations, this paper presents a multistage architecture which combines a layer-2 load-balancer front-end and a layer-3 routing back-end, interconnected by a standard Ethernet switch. [04 Aug 2008]
High-Bandwidth Packet Switching on the Raw General-Purpose Architecture
White Paper The switching of packets and other performance-critical tasks in modern Internet routers are done using Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) or custom-designed hardware, while existing general-purpose architectures have failed to give... [04 Aug 2008]
The Performance of Circuit Switching in the Internet
White Paper This paper studies the performance of an Internet that uses circuit switching instead of, or in addition to, packet switching. There is also renewed interest in circuit switching because of the ease of building very high capacity optical circuit... [04 Aug 2008]
A Fast and Scalable Inter-Domain MPLS Protection Mechanism
White Paper With the fast growth of Internet and a new widespread interest in optical networks, the unparalleled potential of Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is leading to further research and development efforts. [04 Aug 2008]
Understanding the Interaction Between Overlay Routing and Traffic Engineering
White Paper This paper studies the interaction between overlay routing and MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) in a single Autonomous System (AS). In a Nash routing game, overlay and TE are of equal status, and take turns to compute... [18 Jul 2008]
Malaysia's Leading Healthcare Provider Relies on Allied Telesis' Network Solutions to Drive Customer-Centric Services
White Paper Allied Telesis presented a flexible, cost-effective switching and routing solution that could grow with HSC. HSC's greatest challenge was to find the fastest way to share its resources and experts to ensure they can get back to their patients... [18 Jul 2008]
On the Throughput-Cost Tradeoff of Multi-Tiered Optical Network Architectures
White Paper This network cost model focuses on initial capital expenditure: transceiver, switching, routing, and amplification costs. This paper conducts a throughput-cost study of several optical network architectures: Optical Flow Switching (OFS), Tell-and... [18 Jul 2008]
UNH-IOL and Foundry Networks Team Up to Achieve IPv6 Readiness
White Paper Foundry Networks delivers high-performance network switching, routing, security and network traffic management solutions to more than 8,500 customers. Foundry needed to quickly ensure that its IPv6 products would excel in complex networks and... [18 Jul 2008]
Dynamic Injection Control Module for Optical Packet Switching Fabrics
White Paper Optical Packet Switched (OPS) networks offer the unique combination of encompassing the enormous capacity of the optical domain while providing versatile connectivity afforded by individual packet routing. [18 Jul 2008]
An Investigation of MPLS Traffic Engineering Capabilities Using CR-LDP
White Paper Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) was initially proposed to overcome the bottleneck of IP routing over ATM while retaining the efficiency of ATM's label swapping and forwarding abilities. Now with the advent of gigabit routers the issue of... [18 Jul 2008]
Company Saves Over $63,000 by Deploying Allied Telesyn Instead of Cisco
White Paper Allied Telesyn presented a flexible, cost-effective switching and routing solution that could grow with the company. Bohren's Moving & Storage, based in Robbinsville, New Jersey, is one of the larger agents for United Van Lines, Inc. [18 Jul 2008]
