Research Article
A large capacity programmable packet forwarding device
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.27-8-2020.2294711, author={Qinshu Chen and Hua Lu and Fusheng Zhu and Hui Li}, title={A large capacity programmable packet forwarding device}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 13th EAI International Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications, Mobimedia 2020, 27-28 August 2020, Cyberspace}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={MOBIMEDIA}, year={2020}, month={11}, keywords={programmable packet parser; programmable packet processor; programmable packet editer;}, doi={10.4108/eai.27-8-2020.2294711} }- Qinshu Chen
Hua Lu
Fusheng Zhu
Hui Li
Year: 2020
A large capacity programmable packet forwarding device
MOBIMEDIA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.27-8-2020.2294711
Abstract
In the 5G/B5G era, the need of various new services for network bandwidth, delay and cost is far different, so various emerging services may have their own connective protocols according to their own special applications, which requires the core exchange equipment in the network to support programmability. However, neither using network processor to realize packets forwarding nor using fixed pipeline to realize packets forwarding can not meet the needs of 5G/B5G new applications. In this paper, a new architecture of switching chip is proposed. By using programmable packets parser, programmable packet process unit and programmable packet editer, the requirements of 5G/B5G new applications’ rapid deployment, large capacity, low delay and low energy consumption are met.
