1 INTRODUCTION 2 IP ADDRESS LOOKUP 3 PACKET CLASSIFICATION 4 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 5 BASICS OF PACKET SWITCHING 6.1 Linked List Approach 7 INPUT-BUFFERED SWITCHES 8 BANYAN-BASED SWITCHES 9 KNOCKOUT-BASED SWITCHES 10 THE ABACUS SWITCH 11 CROSSPOINT BUFFERED SWITCHES 11.2 Combined Input and Crosspoint Buffered Switches with VOQ 13 MULTI-PLANE MULTI-STAGE BUFFERED SWITCH 14 LOAD-BALANCED SWITCHES 15 OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHES 16 HIGH-SPEED ROUTER CHIP SET