It is not uncommon to find people complaining about how slow the Internet is becoming now
that more people are using it, particularly to transmit large and complex files, such as …

The last couple of years have seen several major changes in the internetwork traffic pattern.
First, there has been an explosive growth of Internet in terms of its size and volume. Second …

The motivation for this thesis is our desire to build faster routers and switches to
accommodate for Internet traffic growth. For the past few years, Internet traffic has been …

From the Publisher: What kind of switch can actually deliver the reduced latency, improved
QoS (quality of service), and greater bandwidth demanded by services such as …

Electronic Internet routers are currently limited by the capacity they can provide with a limited
space and power budget. Internet traffic growth poses a problem to carriers, too. While …

those realities, we must attack quality of service so that IP can support low delay and low-
delay variation. ATM does those tasks well, but requires an immense change to the IP …

The Internet has evolved from a small network of research machines into a world-wide
network for sharing information. The importance of the Internet on commerce, industry, and …

To cope with the growth in the Internet and corporate IP networks, we require IP routers
capable of much higher performance than is possible with existing architectures. This article …

In the early 1990s, users, vendors, and researchers became concerned that a major
overhaul would be needed to accommodate the Internet's expected growth. The harshest …

The founding of the Bell Telephone System, the public switched telephone network (PSTN),
has evolved into a highly successful global telecommunications system. It is designed …