What is true for processors on the control plane may be true for those in the data path. A Linley Group report on communication aggregation processors suggests that advanced control plane processors ...

Here are the benefits and some caveats to running data-path applications in the user space. Discussed is Linux's UIO framework. Traditionally, packet-processing or data-path applications in Linux have ...

Statistics engines keep track of the types of data and other events that move across a network. That way, designers can develop new value-added services and functions for edge routers, broadband ...

Capable of supporting Layer 2-7 switching and routing of up to 20 full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet ports simultaneously, the iFlow Packet Processor (iPP) is a high-performance, 20-Gbps, multi-threaded, ...

WinPath2 extends the architecture started with the original WinPath family by now utilizing six data processing elements (WinGines) instead of four. This change extends the performance of the WinPath1 ...

In my previous blog, we discussed 5G split architectures with focus on the widely adopted option 7-2 split. In this article, we will cover the implementation of the fronthaul and L1 Hi-PHY for 5G base ...