Advanced router architectures. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Axel K. Kloth.
• Other Names: Kloth, Axel K
• Contents: Introduction; ; Internet Topology Change; Overview; Current Status; Traffic and Traffic Growth; ; The Carrier Business Model; Overview; Service Level Agreements (SLAs); The VoIP Business Model; Internal Corporate Accounting; ; Advanced Routers in Central Office Applications; Overview; Central Office (CO) Colocation; ; Function Split; Overview; Traditional System Partitioning and Function Split; Functions within the Port Card; Functions within the Processor Card; Functions within the Switch Card; Functions within the OAM&P Card; ; High Availability; Overview; Definition; Implications; Network View of Redundancy and Failsafe Operation; Example; Design Life Time and Single Point of Failure Impact; Definition of Availability; 1+1 Redundancy; 1:1 Redundancy; 2 out of 3 (or N out of N+1) Redundancy; Redundant Switch Fabric Cards; Redundant Line Cards; Redundant Links; Redundant Power Supplies; Software Robustness; OAM&P Control over Redundant Subsystems; Timed Switchover; Switchover on Demand; Reducing Human Error Probability; ; The Chassis; Overview; Single-board versus Modular Designs; ; Line Cards; Overview; Definitions; Functional Requirements; Further Impact of Advanced Router Architectures; Differentiation of Functions; Line Card Implementation in Single-board Designs; Line Card Implementation in Midplane Designs; Line Card Implementation in Backplane Designs; Line Card Messaging and Communications; Interior and Exterior Border Gateway Protocols; Line Card Functions for PSTN Internetworking; Port Card Functions; Network Processor and Traffic Manager Software Implications Local Control Processors for Line or Processor Cards; ; Switch Fabric Cards; Overview; Functional Requirements for an Advanced Router's Core; History of Router-internal Interconnects; Basics; Crosspoint Switches and Crossbar Switches; Shared Memory Switches; Non-buffered, Non-queued Switch Fabrics; Buffered and Queued Switch Fabrics; Combined Virtually Output Queued Switch Fabrics; Metrics of Switch Fabrics; Net Bit Rate or Link Rate Utilization (Minimum, Maximum, Average); Throughput (Total and on a per-Link Basis); System Availability (Minimum); System Uptime (Minimum); Reliability (Error Rate); Logical Connection Setup Time (Minimum, Maximum, Average); Logical Connection Teardown Time (Minimum, Maximum, Average); Delay and Latency; Round-Trip Delay (Minimum, Maximum, Average); Cell Delay Variation (CDV) (Minimum, Maximum, Average); Scalability; Field Upgradability; Resource Utilization on the Network Processor; Cost Structure; Feasibility; Performance Extension; Alternative Solutions; The "Switchless Switch"; Multicast and Broadcast; Bandwidth Overprovisioning; Traffic Manager Functions versus Queue Manager Functions; Deterministic Behavior; Switch Fabric I/O; Software Function Set in Local Switch Fabric Control; ; Operation, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning; Overview; Definition of OAMP; Functions of the OAM&P Entity; Operational Statuses; Status Transitions; Relationship with NMC; Implementation; Fail-safe and Fault-tolerant OAM&P Entity Operation; OAM&P Entity Internal Communication; Examples of Failure Modes of Managed Entities; The Necessity for the Device-Global View; Sample OAM&P Card Schematic .
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 004.6; Routers (Computer networks); Computer network architectures
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351836982
• Related ISBNs: 9781420026849; 9781351828291; 9781315221090
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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