Optimizing the Internet

Explore innovative strategies for optimizing the Internet in this Stanford seminar presented by Alan Huang. Delve into advanced concepts such as selecting mathematically optimal networks, increasing redundancy, decreasing fabric blocking, and reducing average hop counts. Learn about converting networks into toroids, assigning cities based on packet traffic, implementing wavelength division multiplexed optical fibers, and leveraging Border Gateway Protocol. Discover how these optimizations can significantly reduce latency, power consumption, and network costs. Gain insights from Huang's extensive experience in packet switching and optics, including his work at Bell Labs and Terabit Corporation. The seminar covers a wide range of topics, from network topologies and fault tolerance to optical communications and protocol considerations, providing a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge approaches to enhance Internet performance and efficiency.

Introduction
Personal Introduction
Overview
Toroidal, Full-Duplex, Redundant, Mesh, Optimal Network
Using Redundancy for congestion relief
Using Redundancy for Fault Tolerance
Fault Tolerance via Aspect Ratio Zero Additional Cost
Minimizing the Total Hops per Packet
Actual Geographic Topology
Optical Communications
Cost of a 1 KM, 40 Channel, DWDM, Optical Link
Outline
BGP, Border Gateway Protocol
Bypass vs. Routed Connection
"Seed" a Toroidal, Redundant, Optimal Network into Current Network
How does this affect current protocols?
Methodology
Summary
Quotes along the way...
Perfect Shuffle