Designing Switch/Routers: Architectures and Applications

This  book focuses on the design goals (i.e., key features), architectures,  and practical applications of switch/routers in IP networks. The  discussion includes some practical design examples to illustrate how  switch/routers are designed and how the key features are implemented. Designing Switch/Routers: Architectures and Applications explains the design and architectural considerations as well as the  typical processes and steps used to build practical switch/routers.

The  author describes the components of a switch/router that are used to  configure, manage, and monitor it. This book discusses the advantages of  using Ethernet in today’s networks and why Ethernet continues to play a  large role in Local Area Network (LAN), Metropolitan Area Network  (MAN), and Wide Area Network (WAN) design. The author also explains  typical networking applications of switch/routers, particularly in  enterprise and internet service provider (ISP) networks.

This  book provides a discussion of the design of switch/routers and is  written to appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, engineers, and  researchers in the networking and telecom industry as well as academics  and other industry professionals. The material and discussion are  structured to serve as standalone teaching material for networking and  telecom courses and/or supplementary material for such courses.