A policy-aware switching layer for data centers

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 51-62

  Joseph, Dilip A ^a   Tavakoli, Arsalan ^a   Stoica, Ion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data center; Indirection; Layer 2; Middlebox; Policies; Switching

Indexed keywords

DATA CENTER; INDIRECTION; LAYER-2; MIDDLEBOX; POLICIES;

CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SWITCHING;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 65249094692     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 01464833     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1402946.1402966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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