Functional Requirements
Speed:
- The bit rate of connections into a gigapop or between gigapops will vary widely, depending on the number and intensity of the I2-based applications running on its member campuses.
- The issue for the gigapop itself is to make sure that it has adequate capacity to handle the anticipated traffic load.
- The switches providing the primary interconnectivity in a gigapop, and the links from those switches to adjacent gigapop routers should be sized so that packet loss within the gigapop is near zero.
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