802.1aq shortest path bridging design and evolution : the architects' perspective /

• Main Author: Allan, David, 1956-
• Other Authors: Bragg, Nigel
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Standards Information Network, IEEE Press ; [2012]; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2012]
• Subjects: Bridges (Computer networks) > Standards.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mobile & Wireless Communications.; Electronic books.

"Shortest Path Bridging is the most recent of this series of evolutionary steps, and is arguably one of the 3 or 4 most significant enhancements in Ethernet's history. Until SPB, Ethernet had retained its original control mechanisms, and these are now distinctly behind the state of the art...