Network Processors: Architecture, Programming, and Implementation

Network processors are the basic building blocks of today's high-speed, high-demand, quality-oriented communication networks. Designing and implementing network processors requires a new programming paradigm and an in-depth understanding of network processing requirements. This book leads the reader through the requirements and the underlying theory of networks, network processing, and network processors. It covers implementation of network processors and intergrates EZchip Microcode Development Environment so that you can gain hands-on experience in writing high-speed networking applications. By the end of the book, the reader will be able to write and test applications on a simulated network processor.

Comprehensive, theoretical, and pracitical coverage of networks and high-speed networking applicationsDescirbes contemporary core, metro, and access networks and their processing algorithmsCovers network processor architectures and programming models, enabling readers to assess the optimal network processor typer and configuration for their applicationFree download from http://www.cse.bgu.ac.il/npbook includes microcode development tools that provide hands-on experience with programming a network processor

CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Motivation

PART 1 Networks CHAPTER 2 Networking Fundamentals CHAPTER 3 Converged Networks CHAPTER 4 Access and Home Networks

PART 2 Processing CHAPTER 5 Packet Processing CHAPTER 6 Packet Flow Handling CHAPTER 7 Architecture CHAPTER 8 Software CHAPTER 9 NP Peripherals

PART 3 A Network Processor: EZchip CHAPTER 10 EZchip Architecture, Capabilities, and Applications CHAPTER 11 EZchip Programming CHAPTER 12 Parsing CHAPTER 13 Searching CHAPTER 14 Resolving CHAPTER 15 Modifying CHAPTER 16 Running the Virtual Local Area Network Example CHAPTER 17 Writing Your First High-Speed Network Application

List of Acronyms