High Performance Switches and Routers covers the up-to-date/topics in high performance switches and routers. It includes basic and advanced algorithms, architectures, and implementations of different aspects of the routers.  Topics include high-speed route lookup, packet classification, packet scheduling, buffer management for quality of service, large-capacity packet switches, optical packet switches and network processor. Although the implementation techniques for switches/routers may vary in the next five years, the fundamental theories and principles presented in this book will remain useful for the industrial researcher and those in academia.

Over 550 figures and examples are used throughout the book to effectively explain theories and algorithms. This presentation provides a competitive advantage by providing quick clarity to the material. At the end of the book, commercial chip sets for building high performance routers are presented, bringing the algorithms/theories to reality.