Conference Paper
Title: On the deployment of Network Processors in Operational and Testing Network Devices
Authors: Fabio Mustacchio, Federico Rossi, Francesco Lamonica, Andrea Di Pietro, Fabio Vitucci, Domenico Ficara

Conference: IPTCOMM 2008, July 1,2 2008, Heidelberg, Germany
Abstract: Flexibility and performance are two key features of modern and future network equipments. Our demo aims at illustrating the work carried out on the development of highperformance, quickly-reconfigurable network devices oriented to operation and testing of convergent networks and based on different Intel IXP Network Processor platforms. Network Processors are extremely appealing components specifically designed for packet processing operations which, differently from the more expensive and rigid ASIC solutions, allow to be software programmed on a two-level hierarchy.