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Design of QoS-Aware Network Functions

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Accelerating Network Functions Using Reconfigurable Hardware

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In this chapter, we focus on realizing network functions with programmable hardware to achieve a high high Quality of Service (QoS) in Internet access networks and in general.

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    https://github.com/opencord/p4se.

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    https://github.com/ralfkundel/p4-codel.

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Kundel, R. (2024). Design of QoS-Aware Network Functions. In: Accelerating Network Functions Using Reconfigurable Hardware. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52872-9_3

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