5th International ICST Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems

Research Article

CAMPUS – Cost-effective Adaptable Multi-Protocol User-centric Service Network for Enterprise/Metro all-Ethernet Applications

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/BROADNETS.2008.4769090,
        author={Ashwin Gumaste and Nasir Ghani and Vincent Chan},
        title={CAMPUS -- Cost-effective Adaptable Multi-Protocol User-centric Service Network for Enterprise/Metro all-Ethernet Applications},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Carrier Ethernet PBB-TE End-to-end Ethernet.},
        doi={10.1109/BROADNETS.2008.4769090}
    }
    
  • Ashwin Gumaste
    Nasir Ghani
    Vincent Chan
    Year: 2010
    CAMPUS – Cost-effective Adaptable Multi-Protocol User-centric Service Network for Enterprise/Metro all-Ethernet Applications
    BROADNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/BROADNETS.2008.4769090
Ashwin Gumaste1,2,*, Nasir Ghani3, Vincent Chan1,*
  • 1: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139 USA
  • 2: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
  • 3: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.
*Contact email: ashwing@ieee.or, chan@mit.edu

Abstract

Enterprise networks form the backbone of corporate communication. Ethernet is the default layer-2 transport protocol and has undergone decades of constant innovation and improvisation. We propose a solution called CAMPUS for enterprise networks primarily based on end-to-end Ethernet. This all-Ethernet campus networking paradigm is designed for large enterprises or even metro networks relegating IP functions to only large core routers, while making good use of carrier-class Ethernet switches in the access and the metro area. Implementation of the CAMPUS solution is discussed from a theoretical as well as hardware perspective. Service provisioning, scalability and performance features are evaluated through extensive simulations model.