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ABSTRACT:
After the incredible expansion of the Internet in the 1990s followed by its abrupt slowdown, the telecom industry now has to find new pragmatic and profitable business models in a highly changeable world. Since Internet services that customers will willingly pay for are still elusive, router vendors must rethink their solutions to allow for the later introduction of services that are unknown when systems are designed.
To achieve this flexibility, the emerging technology of Network Processors (NP) is proving to be the foundation for a programmable data path. NPs offer more rapid, cost-effective and reusable designs, with nearly the same performance as non- programmable application-specific building blocks. Alcatel is building greater flexibility, more intelligence and next generation services into its new breed of products, such as service routers and switch routers, through the use of NPs developed both in-house and by third parties.
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Authors
Damm Gérard
Senior Researcher, Research & Innovation Department
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Alcatel
Damm Gérard is a Senior Researcher, Research & Innovation Department, Intelligent Switch Routers project.
Gérard joined Alcatel Research & Innovation in 1996 and has worked on various topics such as performance evaluation of network management systems, design and implementation of advanced simulation environments, and schedulers for optical matrices (TIPOR project, Terabit IP Optical Router). He is now investigating network processor software and algorithms, to optimize the fast data path functions (>10 Gbit/s line rate) in IP edge routers. He is a regular member of the Alcatel Technical Academy.
Dragnea Raluca
Director Local Unit & Deputy Project Leader, Research & Innovation Department
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Alcatel
Dragnea Raluca is Director Local Unit & Deputy Project Leader, Research & Innovation Department, Intelligent Switch Routers project.
Raluca joined Alcatel Research & Innovation in April 2002 and is leading the ISR Ottawa team. Previously she was the principal architect for several Newbridge/ Alcatel products, such as the Alcatel 5620 CMIP Network Management System, 5520 Element Management System and 5660 Network Design System, and a key contributor in new product proposals to address the metro market and the IP service edge market. She is a distinguished member of the Alcatel Technical Academy.
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