Chao H.J., Liu B. High Performance Switches and Routers

Wiley-Interscience. A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007, - 634 p.
This book covers: Asynchronous transfer mode. Routers (Computer networks). Computer network protocols. Packet switching (Data transmission). As increasing voice, audio, video, TV, and gaming traffic is carried over IP, Internet traffic continues to grow rapidly. Many network-related applications are emerging for portable devices. As smart cellular phone technology advances, the price decreases, and the infrastructure to support wireless applications (voice, data, and video) is being deployed ubiquitously to meet unprecedented demands from users. All of these fast-growing services translate into the high volume of Internet traffic, stringent quality of service (QoS) requirements, and large number of hosts/devices to be supported, large forwarding tables to support, high speed packet processing, and large storage capability. When designing/operating next generation switches and routers, these factors create new specifications and new challenges for equipment vendors and network providers.