Towards a service-enabled distributed router architecture

Modelling is an essential tool in the development and assessment of new concepts. The authors proposed an architecture for the next-generation gigabit distributed active router that was designed and implemented in the IST project, FlexiNET. In the FlexiNET project, a service called 'dynamic ser...

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Published inIET circuits, devices & systems Vol. 2; no. 1; p. 60
Main Authors Chrysoulas, C, Haleplidis, E, Kostopoulos, G, Haas, R, Denazis, S, Koufopavlou, O
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Stevenage John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2008
Subjects
Architecture
Assessments
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Failure
Modules
Routers
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Summary:Modelling is an essential tool in the development and assessment of new concepts. The authors proposed an architecture for the next-generation gigabit distributed active router that was designed and implemented in the IST project, FlexiNET. In the FlexiNET project, a service called 'dynamic service deployment' dynamically installs, monitors and uninstalls new services on user demand or by default configuration. The proposed distributed router architecture achieves scalability of performance, functional flexibility and reliability. Scalability is achieved by adding new modules that have identical interfaces in an extensible function block. New services can easily be added, by inserting modules that have the appropriate functionality. Another significant aspect of the model presented is that, a failure in one module does not affect the other modules because they operate independently.
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ISSN:1751-858X
1751-8598
DOI:10.1049/iet-cds:20070041