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Bibliography Details
D. Newman, "Internet Core Router Test" Mar 2001.
Internet Core Router Test
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Authors:
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D. Newman
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Published:
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Light Reading, 2001
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URL:
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http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=4009&site=testing
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Entry Date:
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2003-01-28
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Datasets:
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- Live Internet core links:
- MAE-East
- MAE-West
- 35 major ISPs
- Merit Network
- Generated (?) traffic based on the packet size distribution
sampled from Merit over a two-week period
- Generated traffic consisting entirely of 40-byte packets
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Results:
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Compares the following routers:
- Charlotte Aranea-1 / AraneOS 2.0
- Cisco 12416 Internet Router / 12.0 (14) SX
- Foundry NetIron Internet Router / 7.1.00
- Juniper M160 Internet Backbone Router / 4.2R2.4 / 4.2E
Test
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Winner
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IP forwarding and latency (OC48)
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Cisco
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MPLS forwarding and latency (OC48)
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Cisco, Juniper
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IP forwarding and latency (OC192)
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Cisco, Juniper
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MPLS forwarding and latency (OC192)
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Cisco, Juniper
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Longest match lookup times (OC48)
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Cisco
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Longest match lookup times (OC192)
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Cisco
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BGP table capacity
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Juniper
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MPLS LSP capacity
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Juniper
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Route flapping (OC48)
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Cisco, Juniper
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Route flapping (OC192)
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Juniper
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Convergence (OC48)
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Juniper
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Convergence (OC192)
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Juniper
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Packet filtering (OC48)
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Juniper
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Packet filtering (OC192)
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Juniper
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IP class of service handling (OC48)
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Cisco, Juniper
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IP class of service handling (OC192)
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Cisco
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