FIRE Class-Based Forwarding
Multiple, independent forwarding tables
- Each algorithm constructs its own forwarding tables based upon distributed link-state database
- Traffic classes are assigned to forwarding tables by operator-specified packet filters
- FreeBSD prototype performance similar to standard kernel forwarding
Multiple, independent FIRE Instances
- Several FIRE instances may run simultaneously
- Each instance is managed independently (VPNs)
- Data traffic is separated by an überfilter