Switch/Router Architectures: Shared-Bus and Shared-Memory Based Systems

A practicing engineer′s inclusive review of communication systems based on shared–bus and shared–memory switch/router architectures
This book delves into the inner workings of router and switch design in a comprehensive manner that is accessible to a broad audience. It begins by describing the role of switch/routers in a network, then moves on to the functional composition of a switch/router. A comparison of centralized versus distributed design of the architecture is also presented. The author discusses use of bus versus shared–memory for communication within a design, and also covers Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms and configuration tools.