- Programmable Routers: RMT and P4
- Project Year:
2021
- REU Student (s):
Tavis Johnson | Iona College NY
| Delta Lyczak | Lafayette College PA
- Student 1 Institution:
Iona College
- Student 2 Institution:
Lafayette College
- Project Mentor:
Srinivas Narayana
- Project Mentor Area:
Computer Science
- Project Abstract:
Internet routers deal with significant amounts of internet traffic in everyday use. This increasing amount of traffic over the internet affects the performance, and speeds, at which these routers operate. The goal of our research project is to understand how routers manage processing packets at such high speeds while remaining flexible and reconfigurable. Through this project, we have come to understanding layers of networking-abstraction, key networking concepts, pipelined systems, along with the history of routing software, hardware, and information on completed P4 programming exercises. With this knowledge, we hope to be able to design improvements for the performance of routers and the management of campus network resources.
