3 NetFPGA router Demonstration
The NetFPGA enables researchers and students to build working prototypes of high-speed, hardware-accelerated networking systems. The NetFPGA has been used in the classroom to teach students how to build Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) switches and Internet Protocol (IP) routers that use hardware rather than software to forward packets. The NetFPGA hardware can be used by researchers to prototype new types of clean-slate services for next-generation networks.
A demonstration of NetFPGA routers was presented on February 28, 2008. In this 12-minute video, three NetFPGA routers were set up and high-definition video was streamed across the Gigabit-speed network. All of the packet switching and routing functions were performed in hardware. The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol was run in the Software Component of the Router (SCONE). As shown in the demonstration, OSPF allowed the video to be re-routed across a two-hop network path when the one-hop link was disconnnected. The Java-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) is used to control and monitor the operation of the NetFPGA hardware.
For more information on the NetFPGA, see http://NetFPGA.org/
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