Abstract
Residential Broadband, both ADSL and Cable, is becoming a widely deployed method for mass-market access to the Internet. In this talk, we'll look at how one particular Cisco router has evolved to suit the specialized business and technical needs of broadband aggregation. We'll review some of the technical requirements that an aggregation router must meet, and then look at how an architecture based on a programmable network processor is used to balance the need for feature flexibility and throughput in this rapidly-changing market.
Biography
Guy Fedorkow graduated from UofT Engineering Science sometime in the latter portion of the previous century. He's worked at Cisco Systems since 1995, and now serves as a system architect in an extended team that designs routers for use by Internet Service Providers.
Guy Fedorkow was part of the group that originally started the Cider Seminars. He even gave a cider in 1997 (see his abstract).