Terabit Switching: A Survey of Techniques and Current Products

This survey paper explains the issues in designing terabit routers and the solutions for them. The discussion includes multi-layer switching, route caching, label switching, and efficient routing table lookups. Router architecture issues including queuing and differentiated service are also discussed. A comparison of features of leading products is included.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: Computer Communications
• Authors: Amit Singhal, Raj Jain
• Keywords: Address Lookup, High-Speed Networking, High-Speed Router Design, Terabit Networking