Title :
Protocol convertibility in a network processing environment
Author :
Tohio, Bertrand ; Pierre, Samuel ; Savaria, Yvon ; Mbaye, Maria M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
Network processors are an emerging field of research. These processors are designed to support network processing functions, mainly classification, modification, encryption and traffic management. This paper proposes a method for determining whether translation based on protocol control information mapping is possible between two given protocols. Such a method is then applied on a few common protocols. Preliminary results show that the proposed approach is efficient on protocols with well-defined format and service set.
Keywords :
Internet; computer network management; local area networks; protocols; telecommunication traffic; encryption; network interconnection; network processing environment; network processing function; network processor; packet classification; packet modification; protocol control information mapping; protocol convertibility; traffic management; Application specific integrated circuits; Communication system traffic control; Computer architecture; Encapsulation; Ethernet networks; Integrated circuit interconnections; Intelligent networks; Peer to peer computing; Process design; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2003. IEEE CCECE 2003. Canadian Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7781-8
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2003.1226016
