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SUMMARY:Towards Systematic Design of Enterprise Networks - Speaker to be c
 onfirmed
DTSTART:20100915T093000Z
DTEND:20100915T103000Z
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CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:Enterprise networks are important\, with size and complexity e
 ven surpassing carrier networks. In this talk\, I present a systematic des
 ign approach to accomplish two key tasks of enterprise design: virtual loc
 al area networks (VLANs) and reachability control. The focus on these task
 s is due to their complexity\, prevalence\, and time-consuming nature. In 
 particular\, I detail three aspects of the approach. First\, I show how th
 e design tasks may be formulated in terms of network-wide performance\, se
 curity\, and resilience requirements. The formulations capture the correct
 ness and feasibility constraints on the design\, and they model each task 
 as one of optimizing desired criteria subject to the constraints. The opti
 mization criteria may further be customized to meet operator-preferred des
 ign strategies. Second\, I describe a set of algorithms to solve the probl
 ems that have been formulated. Third\, I demonstrate the practicality and 
 value of the systematic design approach through results from a set of vali
 dation experiments on a large-scale campus network with hundreds of router
 s and VLANs. * Joint work with Eric Sung\, Xin Sun\, and Sanjay Rao from P
 urdue University and David Maltz from Microsoft Research.\n\n
LOCATION:Small public lecture room\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 7 J J Thomso
 n Avenue (Off Madingley Road)\, Cambridge
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