Computer Networking: Recent Advances, Trends, and Issues


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Computer Networking: Recent Advances, Trends, and Issues

Overview

Life Cycles of Technologies

Hype Cycles of Technologies

Industry Growth

Traffic vs Capacity Growth

Is Internet Traffic Growing?

Total U.S. Internet Traffic

Trend: Ethernet Everywhere

Networking: Failures vs Successes

Requirements for Success

Ethernet Developments: 1995-1999

Trend: LAN - WAN Convergence

SONET Functions

SONET: 2001 Developments

Resilient Packet Rings

Ethernet: Future Possibilities

Ethernet in the First Mile

Power over Ethernet

Storage: New Traffic Demands

Telecom vs Data Networks

Trend: IP Everywhere

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

Issue: Control and Data Plane Separation

IP-Based Control Plane

GMPLS: Layered View

Optical Networking Developments

Fiber Access Thru Sewer Tubes (FAST)

FAST Installation

Summary

References

Author: Raj Jain

Home Page: http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/

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