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Accelerating Network Functions Using Reconfigurable Hardware

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In this chapter, we provide background information as well as prior work in the field of this thesis. First, in Sect. 2.1, we introduce the general concepts of network softwarization. Section 2.2 gives an overview of the access technologies in residential and mobile Internet service creation. Following this, we summarize existing hardware acceleration technologies for computer networks in Sect. 2.3, which can be applied in Internet access networks. One focus of this work is on algorithms and mechanisms for Queueing and Scheduling at the Internet access edge. The belonging background and related work are presented in Sect. 2.4.

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Kundel, R. (2024). Background and State-of-the-Art. In: Accelerating Network Functions Using Reconfigurable Hardware. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52872-9_2

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