Paper Info
Title
An Integrated Hardware Solution for MAC Address Translation, MPLS, and Traffic Management in Access Networks
Abstract
Today, an increasing number of customers subscribes for a high bandwidth internet access. But not only communica- tion speed is demanded. Quality-of-service moves more and more into the customers' focus. Both Carriers and Inter- net Service Providers (ISPs) have increasing requirements derived from new services they want to offer to their cus- tomers. We present a new hardware solution is presented, which can satisfy many of these upcoming demands. This solution is highly flexible and can be adapted to various applications. The MAC Address Translation - MPLS User Network Interface (MATMUNI) provides the functionality of MAC Address Translation (MAT), Multi Protocol Label Switching - User Network Interface (MPLS-UNI), and a Traffic Manager (TM). This way, a module implemented on a single FPGA offers a wide range of functionality in an ac- cess network for low costs and high flexibility. The selection of an FPGA as implementation target offers the possibility to adapt to future demands towards functionality. Moreover, the all functional elements work with wire speed. Only a negligible delay is inserted into the data path.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/LCN.2006.322111
LCN
Keywords
Field
DocType
quality of service,network interfaces,satisfiability,multi protocol label switching,internet access,multiprotocol label switching,fpga,internet,service provider,access network,traffic management
Multiprotocol Label Switching,MAC address,Computer science,Computer network,Quality of service,User–network interface,Internet access,Computer hardware,Access network,Distributed computing,Network interface,The Internet
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
3
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Harald Widiger1153.16
Stephan Kubisch2334.36
Thomas Bahls320.74
Dirk Timmermann4846101.52