Network systems design : using network processors /
Douglas E. Comer
- Upper Saddle River : Pearson Education, cop.2004
- xiv,515p.
Introduction and Overview (Page-1), Basic Terminology and Example Systems (Page-7), Review of Protocols and Packet Formats (Page-15), Conventional Computer Hardware Architecture (Page-29), Basic Packet Processing: Algorithms and Data Structures (Page-43), Pa cket Processing Functions (Page-67), Protocol Software on a Conventional Processor (Page-83), Hardware Architectures for Protocol Processing (Page-97), Classification and Forwarding (Page-115), Switching Fabrics (Page-133), Network Processors: Motivation and Purpose (Page-153), The Complexity of Network Processor Design (Page-165), Network Processor Architectures (Page-177), Issues in Scaling a Network Processor (Page-195), Examples of Commercial Network Processors (Page-213), Languages Used for Classification (Page-233), Design Tradeoffs And Consequences (Page-261), Overview of the Intel Network Processor (Page-273), Embedded RISC Processor (Strong ARM Core) (Page-289), Packet Processor Hardware (Micro engines and FBI) (Page-301), Reference System and Software Development Kit (Bridal Veil, SDK) (Page-325), Programming Model (ACE) (Page-335), ACE Run-Time Structure and Strong ARM Facilities (Page-349), Micro engine Programming I (Page-371), Micro engine Programming II (Page-393), An Example ACE (Page-411), Intel's Second Generation Processors (Page-441).