We present a “clean-slate” design for a networklayer routing and forwarding system intended to address shortcomings of the current Internet Protocol. Our design separates routing from both forwarding and topology discovery; requires only a flat, topology-independent namespace; and allows for policies of both users and service providers to be supported. Channels serve as the primary abstraction,...

To support high bandwidth SoCs, a communication design flow is necessary for the design space exploration respecting tight design requirements. In order to exploit the benefits introduced by the NoC approach for the on-chip communication, the paper presents a design flow for the core mapping and customization of the network topology applied to STNoC, the Network on-Chip developed by STMicroelec...

The specification of network connectivity model or topology is the beginning of design and analysis in Computer Network researches. Wireless Mesh Networks is an autonomic network that is dynamically self-organised, self-configured while the mesh nodes establish automatic connectivity with the adjacent nodes in the relay network of wireless backbone routers. Researches in Wireless Mesh Networks ...

In autonomous networks, cooperations among nodes cannot be assumed, since each node is capable of making independent decisions based on their personal preferences. In particular, when a node needs the help of intermediate nodes to relay messages to other nodes, these intermediaries may be reluctant to contribute their network resource for the benefit of others. Ideally, the right amount of ince...

In this thesis, we investigate the issue of automated design of capacity-constrained Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN). We argue for the necessity of applying network design methodologies from wired and cellular network fields in wireless network design scenarios and present algorithms for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and backbone topology design. The deployment scenario we envision is a cam...

In WDM optical networks, design protection algorithms aim to maintain the connectivity between two nodes in the network following a failure by mapping a given virtual topology onto the physical topology so as to minimize the failure propagations in a network. In this article, a genetic algorithm based approach has been proposed for design protection in WDM optical networks. The proposed method ...

The paper is logically divided into two major sections. The first introduces the OPEN (Optical Pan-European Network) project and defines its requirements, while the second deals with network performance parameters and objectives. The paper starts by giving a background for Project OPEN and then explaining the OPEN concept and principles behind transport networks. It then proceeds to highlight t...