Ran Giladi is an associate professor in the department of Communication Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva; he founded the department and has headed it for several years. In addition, he has taught in the Electrical Engineering Department and the Business School at Tel-Aviv University. Dr. Giladi has also been a system programmer, an R&D manager, a VP of R&D, and founder and CEO of several data communication companies. He is involved in the Israeli high-tech industry, serves as a board member in several companies (among them EZchip Technologies, a leading vendor of network processors), and is currently a venture partner with DFJ-TFV. His research interests include computer and communications systems performance, data and telecom networks, and network management systems. Dr. Giladi received a B.A. in physics, an M.Sc. in biomedical engineering from the Technion, and a Ph.D. in information systems from Tel-Aviv University.

• CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Motivation PART 1 NetworksCHAPTER 2 Networking FundamentalsCHAPTER 3 Converged NetworksCHAPTER 4 Access and Home NetworksPART 2 ProcessingCHAPTER 5 Packet Processing CHAPTER 6 Packet Flow HandlingCHAPTER 7 ArchitectureCHAPTER 8 SoftwareCHAPTER 9 NP PeripheralsPART 3 A Network Processor: EZchipCHAPTER 10 EZchip Architecture, Capabilities, and ApplicationsCHAPTER 11 EZchip ProgrammingCHAPTER 12 ParsingCHAPTER 13 SearchingCHAPTER 14 ResolvingCHAPTER 15 ModifyingCHAPTER 16 Running the Virtual Local Area Network ExampleCHAPTER 17 Writing Your First High-Speed Network ApplicationList of Acronyms

Ran Giladi is an associate professor in the department of Communication Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva; he founded the department and has headed it for several years. In addition, he has taught in the Electrical Engineering Department and the Business School at Tel-Aviv University. Dr. Giladi has also been a system programmer, an R&D manager, a VP of R&D, and founder and CEO of several data communication companies. He is involved in the Israeli high-tech industry, serves as a board member in several companies (among them EZchip Technologies, a leading vendor of network processors), and is currently a venture partner with DFJ-TFV. His research interests include computer and communications systems performance, data and telecom networks, and network management systems. Dr. Giladi received a B.A. in physics, an M.Sc. in biomedical engineering from the Technion, and a Ph.D. in information systems from Tel-Aviv University.

• CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Motivation PART 1 NetworksCHAPTER 2 Networking FundamentalsCHAPTER 3 Converged NetworksCHAPTER 4 Access and Home NetworksPART 2 ProcessingCHAPTER 5 Packet Processing CHAPTER 6 Packet Flow HandlingCHAPTER 7 ArchitectureCHAPTER 8 SoftwareCHAPTER 9 NP PeripheralsPART 3 A Network Processor: EZchipCHAPTER 10 EZchip Architecture, Capabilities, and ApplicationsCHAPTER 11 EZchip ProgrammingCHAPTER 12 ParsingCHAPTER 13 SearchingCHAPTER 14 ResolvingCHAPTER 15 ModifyingCHAPTER 16 Running the Virtual Local Area Network ExampleCHAPTER 17 Writing Your First High-Speed Network ApplicationList of Acronyms

Ran Giladi is an associate professor in the department of Communication Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva; he founded the department and has headed it for several years. In addition, he has taught in the Electrical Engineering Department and the Business School at Tel-Aviv University. Dr. Giladi has also been a system programmer, an R&D manager, a VP of R&D, and founder and CEO of several data communication companies. He is involved in the Israeli high-tech industry, serves as a board member in several companies (among them EZchip Technologies, a leading vendor of network processors), and is currently a venture partner with DFJ-TFV. His research interests include computer and communications systems performance, data and telecom networks, and network management systems. Dr. Giladi received a B.A. in physics, an M.Sc. in biomedical engineering from the Technion, and a Ph.D. in information systems from Tel-Aviv University.

• CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Motivation PART 1 NetworksCHAPTER 2 Networking FundamentalsCHAPTER 3 Converged NetworksCHAPTER 4 Access and Home NetworksPART 2 ProcessingCHAPTER 5 Packet Processing CHAPTER 6 Packet Flow HandlingCHAPTER 7 ArchitectureCHAPTER 8 SoftwareCHAPTER 9 NP PeripheralsPART 3 A Network Processor: EZchipCHAPTER 10 EZchip Architecture, Capabilities, and ApplicationsCHAPTER 11 EZchip ProgrammingCHAPTER 12 ParsingCHAPTER 13 SearchingCHAPTER 14 ResolvingCHAPTER 15 ModifyingCHAPTER 16 Running the Virtual Local Area Network ExampleCHAPTER 17 Writing Your First High-Speed Network ApplicationList of Acronyms