A Design for an Internet Router with a Digital Optical Data Plane
This paper presents a complete design for an optical Internet router based on the component steps required for Internet protocol (IP) packet forwarding. Implementations of hop count decrement and header matching are integrated with a simulation-based approach to variable-length packet traffic mergin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-02-01
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Series: | Applied Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/2/143 |