Introducing hardware and software design exercises into the national networking curriculum

EIA-0305729 Nick McKeownDepartment电气工程斯坦福大学“将硬件和软件设计练习引入国家网络课程本项目涉及国家互联网基础设施教学设施的原型和部署，使全国各地教育机构的学生能够将具有挑战性的新设计练习作为其网络课程的一部分。本项目开发的独特基础设施将允许学生设计、部署和测试功能齐全的分组交换机(软件或硬件)，以处理真实网络中的真实流量。基础设施基于该机构所做的研究，该机构生产了两种工具的测试版本-虚拟路由器(允许在本地计算机上实施软件，处理穿越远程网络的分组)和NetFPGA(允许使用行业标准设计流程在可编程硬件中实施分组交换机)。虚拟路由器使在处理穿越远程网络的分组的任何计算机的用户空间中实现软件程序成为可能。这将允许全国各地的学生在他们自己的计算机上的用户空间中实施互联网路由器，以路由通过远程国家教学设施内的网络的真实流量。以类似的方式，NetFPGA允许学生使用行业标准硬件设计流程在可编程硬件中实施分组交换机。有了这一基础设施，学生可以通过直接在真实网络流上使用实际工具来研究分组交换中的不同设计权衡。该项目包括开发虚拟路由器和网络现场可编程门阵列的全功能组件，在斯坦福大学的网络课程中部署这些组件并在当地进行测试，分发产品以供更广泛的使用，并最终创建一个所有教育机构都可以使用的国家教学设施。

EIA-0305729Nick McKeownDepartment Electrical EngineeringStanford University"Introducing hardware and software design exercises into the national networking curriculum$460,000This project involves the prototyping and deploying of a National Internet Infrastructure Teaching Facility to allow students at educational institutions across the nation to perform challenging new design exercises as part of their networking curriculum. The unique infrastructure developed by this project will permit students to design, deploy and test fully functioning packet switches (in software or hardware) that process real traffic in a real network. The infrastructure is based upon research done at this institution that produced test versions of two tools - the Virtual Router (permits implementation of software on a local computer that processes packets traversing a remote network), and NetFPGA (permits implementation of a packet switch in programmable hardware using an industry-standard design flow). The Virtual Router makes it possible to implement a software program in the user-space of any computer that processes packets traversing a remote network. This will permit students across the nation to implement an Internet router in user-space on their own computer that routes real traffic traversing a network inside the remote National Teaching Facility. In a similar way, the NetFPGA allows students to implement a packet switch in programmable hardware using an industry-standard hardware design flow. With this infrastructure at their disposal, students can investigate different design tradeoffs in packet switching by using realistic tools directly on real network flows. The project involves the development of fully functioning components of the Virtual Router and NetFPGA, their deployment and local testing in networking courses at Stanford, the distribution of the products for broader use, and, eventually, the creation of a National Teaching Facility that is accessible by all educational institutions.