Title :
Scalable, low power and storage efficient parallel lookup engine architecture for IP packets
Author :
Mahini, A. ; Berangi, R. ; Mahini, H. ; Mohtashami, H.
Author_Institution :
Islamic Azad University-Gorgan Branch, IRAN
Abstract :
Ternary Content-Addressable Memories are becoming very popular for designing high-throughput address lookup engines on routers: they are fast, cost-effective and simple to manage. Despite the TCAMs speed, their high power consumption is their major drawback.
Keywords :
Associative memory; Compaction; Costs; Energy consumption; Hardware; Internet; Memory management; Protocols; Routing; Search engines; CIDR (Classless InterDomain Routing); LPM (Longest Prefix Matching); Router; TCAM (Ternary Content Addressable Memory);
Conference_Titel :
Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2008. MIXDES 2008. 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Poznan, Poland
Print_ISBN :
978-83-922632-7-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-83-922632-8-9
