Switch/Router Architectures: Systems with Crossbar Switch Fabrics

James Aweya

Nov 2019 · CRC Press

About this eBook

Crossbar switch fabrics offer many benefits when designing switch/routers. This book discusses switch/router architectures using design examples and case studies of well-known systems that employ crossbar switch fabric as their internal interconnects. This book looks to explain the design of switch/routers from a practicing engineer’s perspective. It uses a broad range of design examples to illustrate switch/router designs and provides case studies to enhance readers comprehension of switch/router architectures. The book goes on to discuss industry best practices in switch/router design and explains the key features and differences between unicast and multicast packet forwarding architectures. This book will be of benefit to telecoms/networking industry professionals and engineers as well as researchers and academics looking for more practical and efficient approaches for designing non-blocking crossbar switch fabrics.

About the author

James Aweya, PhD, is a chief research scientist at Etisalat British Telecom Innovation Center (EBTIC), Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He has been granted 64 US patents and has published over 54 journal papers, 39 conference papers, and 43 Nortel technical reports. He has authored one book and is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).