Edge router design begins with requirements similar to those of core routers, while adding a range of complex requirements. The big difference is that while core routers are designed with one purpose ...

Cisco is expected to unveil a new service provider edge router on Nov. 11 that’s likely to succeed its aging 7600 series Ethernet platforms, according to an analyst’s report. Oppenheimer & Co. this ...

Organizations today are too dependent on the Internet to experience any downtime when upgrading from IPv4 to IPv6. But help is on the way. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has defined ...

Three trends are currently driving the edge router market: IPTV, carrier Ethernet and multiservice networking. These are also the reasons why the edge router market will grow another 21% this year to ...

An IPv6 CE Router is a customer edge router intended for use in a home or small office environment. The router connects the end-user network to a service provider network and forwards packets not ...

When designing service-edge routers, most engineers focus their attention on the integration of protocols. However, an often overlooked, but critical component to designing service provider edge ...