Performance Analysis of k-ary n-cube Interconnection Networks
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Survey of ATM switch architectures
Computer Networks and ISDN Systems
An architecture for QoS analysis and experimentation
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Active network vision and reality: lessions from a capsule-based system
Proceedings of the seventeenth ACM symposium on Operating systems principles
On the design of IP routers part 1: Router architectures
Journal of Systems Architecture: the EUROMICRO Journal
Proceedings of the conference on Applications, Technologies, Architectures, and Protocols for Computer Communication
Interconnection Networks for Multiprocessors and Multicomputers: Theory and Practice
Interconnection Networks for Multiprocessors and Multicomputers: Theory and Practice
An Introduction to IP Networks
BT Technology Journal
Scaling Global Internet Networks
BT Technology Journal
The Challenges in Building a Carrier-Scale IP Network
BT Technology Journal
LCN '00 Proceedings of the 25th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks
Implementation and Evaluation of a Prototype Reconfigurable Router
FCCM '99 Proceedings of the Seventh Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines
An Empirical Study of Today's Internet Traffic for Differentiated Services IP QoS
ISCC '00 Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2000)
ICNP '99 Proceedings of the Seventh Annual International Conference on Network Protocols
Towards an Active Network Architecture
DANCE '02 Proceedings of the 2002 DARPA Active Networks Conference and Exposition
Balancing performance and flexibility with hardware support for network architectures
ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)
A Core Stateless Bandwidth Broker Architecture for Scalable Support of Guaranteed Services
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
Switch fabric architecture analysis for a scalable bi-directionally reconfigurable IP router
Journal of Systems Architecture: the EUROMICRO Journal
The case for separating routing from routers
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Future directions in network architecture
OPERA: An open-source extensible router architecture for adding new network services and protocols
Journal of Systems and Software
Switch fabric design for high performance IP routers: a survey
Journal of Systems Architecture: the EUROMICRO Journal
A survey of active network research
IEEE Communications Magazine
VoIP reliability: a service provider's perspective
IEEE Communications Magazine
A survey of modern high-performance switching techniques
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
The SwitchWare active network architecture
IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
A programmable, generic forwarding element approach for dynamic network functionality
Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Programmable routers for extensible services of tomorrow
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We present two flexible Internet Protocol (IP) router hardware (HW) architectures that enable a router to (1) readily expand in capacity according to network traffic volume growth; and (2) reconfigure its functionalities according to the hierarchical network layer in which it is placed. Reconfigurability is effectuated by a novel method called Methodology for Hardware Unity and an associated functional unit: Special Processing Agent, which can be built using state-of-the-art technology. More specifically, reconfiguration between an ''edge'' and a ''hub'' or ''backbone'' router can be done rapidly via a simple ''OPEN/CLOSE'' connection approach. Such architectures may, among other benefits, significantly extend the intervals between router HW upgrades for Internet services providers. They can serve as the basis for development of the next generation IP routers, and are directly applicable to the emerging concept of a single-layer IP network architecture.