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Abstract

This project aims to design and implement a shared Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) providing any-point-to-any-point connectivity between an enterprises various sites, which may be shared by many customers as in a Virtual Private Network (VPN). For different users Various VPNs can be configured with different Class Of Service (COS) assignment would be employed to achieve more flexibility in data services allocation. Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) switches, based on IEEE 802.17 specifications are used for the aggregation of data traffic. Keeping in mind, the spread and layout of the data traffic and services to be carried, a ring based optical link (Gbps) is designed and implemented to meet the service level agreement (SLA) of the service provider. .

The RPR technology takes into full account factors such as reliability and manageability, which makes it possible for IP networks to reach the carrier-class requirements. RPR is a medium access control protocol that operates at the second layer of the OSI protocol stack. The physical layer for the RPR protocol can be SDH/SONET or Ethernet networks. The RPR-based Ethernet application

(or RPR over Ethernet) supports the RPR ring for the Gigabit Ethernet (GE RPR) at the physical layer. Compared with the SDH/SONET networks at the physical layer, the GE RPR at the physical layer requires much lower cost of construction, as the GE RPR inherits the simplicity and high efficiency of Ethernet networks and meanwhile can provide high-quality physical layer paths. In addition, RPR over Ethernet (or the bridge mode) at the second layer inherits features of the traditional Ethernet such as simplicity and transparency to the IP layer. Comparatively, the RPR switch is a device based on the packet switching platform. From the receiving of a packet by one interface to the sending of the packet by another interface, the entire process is specially designed for packet forwarding. Such a design features simple structure, high efficiency and low cost. With the expansion in application, the cost of the RPR switch can be further lowered.

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