We propose an alternative router design to fill the gap between PC-based open source
software routers and commercial high-end routers. Our hardware accelerated software …

Software routers can lead us from a network of special-purpose hardware routers to one of
general-purpose extensible infrastructure-if, that is, they can scale to high speeds. We …

Most switch vendors have launched “open” platform designs for routers and switches,
allowing code from customers or third-party vendors to run on their proprietary hardware. An …

The Clara prototype architecture collocates routing and computational functionality within a
network, providing a scalable, high-performance computing switch router for computational …

We revisit the problem of scaling software routers, motivated by recent advances in server
technology that enable highspeed parallel processing a feature router workloads appear …

This paper argues that there is a need for routers to move from being closed, special-
purpose network devices to being open, general-purpose computing/communication …

Extensible software-based routers running on commodity off-the-shelf hardware and open-
source operating systems have been motivated by the progress in hardware technologies …

Most switch vendors have launched “open” platform designs for routers and switches,
allowing code from customers or third-party vendors to run on their proprietary hardware. An …

Recent efforts to add new services to the Internet have increased interest in software-based
routers that are easy to extend and evolve. This paper describes our experiences using …

We provide a review of the state of the art and the future of packet processing and switching.
The industry's response to the need for wire-speed packet processing devices whose …