1st Edition
Designing Switch/Routers Fundamental Concepts and Design Methods
1. The Era of High-Performance Networks
2. Introducing Multilayer Switching and the Switch/Router
3. OSI and TCP/IP Reference Models
4. Mapping Network Device Functions to the OSI Reference Model
5. Review of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Forwarding
6. Packet Forwarding in the Switch/Router: Layer 3 Forwarding Architectures
7. Review of Multilayer Switching Methods – Switch/Router Internals
8. Quality of Service in Switch/Routers
9. Rate Management Mechanisms in Switch/Routers
Biography
James Aweya, PhD, is a Chief Research Scientist at the Etisalat British Telecom Innovation Center (EBTIC), Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He was a technical lead and senior systems architect with Nortel, Ottawa, Canada, from 1996 to 2009. He was awarded the 2007 Nortel Technology Award of Excellence (TAE) for his pioneering and innovative research on Timing and Synchronization across Packet and TDM Networks. He has been granted 70 US patents and has published over 54 journal papers, 40 conference papers, and 43 technical reports. He has authored five books including this book and is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
