This work proposes and demonstrates the scalable router array that eliminates internal centralization of conventional arrays, unlocking scalability, potential for a system composed spatially separated elements do not share common timing reference. Architectural variations are presented, their specific tradeoffs discussed. The general operation, steering capabilities, signal noise considerations...

Existing hierarchical routing schemes, employing distance vector and link state routing algorithms, require the exchange of routing information for the construction and maintenance of routing tables [1]. As networks increase in size, the memory requirements for the routing tables and the time taken to search the tables increase proportionally [11]. Further, as the popularity of computer network...

This paper presents a novel countermeasure against Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks that we call the rouTer poRt mArking and paCKet filtering (TRACK), which includes the functions of both IP traceback and packet filtering. TRACK is a comprehensive solution that is composed of two components: a router port marking module and a packet filtering module. The former is a novel packet mar...

Packet classification has attracted research attentions along with the increasing demands for more flexible services in the Internet today. Among different design approaches, hardware based classification is attractive as it can achieve very fast performance. We present our design and implementation of a two dimensional router (TwoD router). It makes forwarding decisions, in hardware level, bas...

The Service-oriented Router (SoR), a highly functional router based on a novel router architecture, enables unprecedented web services traditional routers were unable to provide. The SoR performs Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to analyze Layer 7 information, which is becoming increasingly difficult due to the substantial increase in Internet traffic. Meanwhile, multi-core processors and general-p...