Computer Science · Computer Networks
A topic within Computer Networks, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Computer Science.
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OpenFlow: Enabling Innovation in Campus Networks
Nick McKeown et al. · 2008
Proposes separating the control plane from switching hardware behind one open interface, so researchers can run experimental routing logic on…
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A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Yakov Rekhter & Tony Li · 1995
Specifies the path-vector protocol by which independently administered networks exchange routes, and by which the internet's global routing table is…
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Nick McKeown et al.
Proposes separating the control plane from switching hardware behind one open interface, so researchers can run experimental routing logic on production-grade switches without vendor cooperation.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Yakov Rekhter & Tony Li
Specifies the path-vector protocol by which independently administered networks exchange routes, and by which the internet's global routing table is actually built.
link checked 17 Sept 2026John Moy
Specifies a link-state routing protocol in which every router builds an identical map of the network from flooded state, rather than trusting distance estimates passed hop by hop.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Craig Labovitz, Ajay Ahuja, Abha Bose & Farnam Jahanian
Shows BGP's path-vector design can take tens of minutes to converge after a failure because routers must exhaust every alternative path before accepting that a route is truly gone.
link checked 17 Sept 2026