JAMES AWEYA, PHD, is a Chief Research Scientist at Etisalat British Telecom Innovation Center (EBTIC) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He has been granted 63 US patents and has published over 54 journal papers, 39 conference papers, and 43 Nortel technical reports. Dr. Aweya is a Senior Member of IEEE.

• About the Author viiPreface ix1 Introduction to Switch/Router Architectures 12 Understanding Shared-Bus and Shared-Memory Switch Fabrics 173 Shared-Bus and Shared-Memory-Based Switch/Router Architectures 434 Software Requirements for Switch/Routers 615 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-DECNIS 500/600 Multiprotocol Bridge/Router 876 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Fore Systems Powerhub Multilayer Switches 1117 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 6000 Series Switches 1298 Architectures with Shared-Memory-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switches 1519 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches with Supervisor Engine 32 17110 Architectures with Shared-Memory-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 8500 CSR Series 19111 Quality of Service Mechanisms in the Switch/Routers 21312 Quality of Service Configuration Tools in Switch/Routers 22713 Case Study: Quality of Service Processing in the Cisco Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Switches 249Appendix A: EthernetAppendix B: IPv4 PacketReferencesIndex

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JAMES AWEYA, PHD, is a Chief Research Scientist at Etisalat British Telecom Innovation Center (EBTIC) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He has been granted 63 US patents and has published over 54 journal papers, 39 conference papers, and 43 Nortel technical reports. Dr. Aweya is a Senior Member of IEEE.

• About the Author viiPreface ix1 Introduction to Switch/Router Architectures 12 Understanding Shared-Bus and Shared-Memory Switch Fabrics 173 Shared-Bus and Shared-Memory-Based Switch/Router Architectures 434 Software Requirements for Switch/Routers 615 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-DECNIS 500/600 Multiprotocol Bridge/Router 876 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Fore Systems Powerhub Multilayer Switches 1117 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 6000 Series Switches 1298 Architectures with Shared-Memory-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switches 1519 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches with Supervisor Engine 32 17110 Architectures with Shared-Memory-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 8500 CSR Series 19111 Quality of Service Mechanisms in the Switch/Routers 21312 Quality of Service Configuration Tools in Switch/Routers 22713 Case Study: Quality of Service Processing in the Cisco Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Switches 249Appendix A: EthernetAppendix B: IPv4 PacketReferencesIndex

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JAMES AWEYA, PHD, is a Chief Research Scientist at Etisalat British Telecom Innovation Center (EBTIC) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He has been granted 63 US patents and has published over 54 journal papers, 39 conference papers, and 43 Nortel technical reports. Dr. Aweya is a Senior Member of IEEE.

• About the Author viiPreface ix1 Introduction to Switch/Router Architectures 12 Understanding Shared-Bus and Shared-Memory Switch Fabrics 173 Shared-Bus and Shared-Memory-Based Switch/Router Architectures 434 Software Requirements for Switch/Routers 615 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-DECNIS 500/600 Multiprotocol Bridge/Router 876 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Fore Systems Powerhub Multilayer Switches 1117 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 6000 Series Switches 1298 Architectures with Shared-Memory-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switches 1519 Architectures with Bus-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches with Supervisor Engine 32 17110 Architectures with Shared-Memory-Based Switch Fabrics: Case Study-Cisco Catalyst 8500 CSR Series 19111 Quality of Service Mechanisms in the Switch/Routers 21312 Quality of Service Configuration Tools in Switch/Routers 22713 Case Study: Quality of Service Processing in the Cisco Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Switches 249Appendix A: EthernetAppendix B: IPv4 PacketReferencesIndex

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