The exponential growth of data traffic, which is not expected to stop anytime soon, brought
about a vast amount of advancements in the networking field. Latest network interfaces …

The network stack of operating systems has been designed for general purpose
communications. Network drivers are responsible for bridging network adapters with kernel …

The path a packet takes when handled by the Linux Kernel has been well established for a
long time. Its overhead/bottleneck issues are also known. Nonetheless, complexity has …

We present the NBA framework, which extends the architecture of the Click modular router to
exploit modern hardware, adapts to different hardware configurations, and reaches close to …

In recent years, we have witnessed the emergence of high speed packet I/O frameworks,
bringing unprecedented network performance to userspace. Using the Click modular router …

Today's rapidly evolving network ecosystem, characterized by increasing traffic volumes,
service heterogeneity and mutating cyber-threats, calls for new approaches to packet …

Network stacks currently implemented in operating systems can no longer cope with the
packet rates offered by 10 Gbit Ethernet. Thus, frameworks were developed claiming to offer …

Programmable packet processing is increasingly implemented using kernel bypass
techniques, where a userspace application takes complete control of the networking …

We present PacketMill, a system for optimizing software packet processing, which (i)
introduces a new model to efficiently manage packet metadata and (ii) employs code …

To become a credible alternative to specialized hardware, general-purpose networking
needs to offer not only flexibility, but also predictable performance. Recent projects have …