Campus Network Architectures and Technologies

Book excerpt: Campus Network Architectures and Technologies begins by describing the service challenges facing campus networks, and then details the intent-driven campus network architectures and technologies of Huawei Cloud Campus Solution. After reading this book, you will have a comprehensive understanding of next-generation campus network solutions, technical implementations, planning, design, and other know-how. Leveraging Huawei’s years of technical expertise and practices in the campus network field, this book systematically describes the use of technical solutions such as virtualization, big data, AI, and SDN in campus networks. You will be able to reconstruct campus networks quickly and efficiently utilizing this informative description. Additionally, this book provides detailed suggestions for campus network design and deployment based on Huawei's extensive project implementation experience, assisting with the construction of automated and intelligent campus networks required to cope with challenges. This is a practical, informative, and easy-to-understand guide for learning about and designing campus networks. It is intended for network planning engineers, network technical support engineers, network administrators, and enthusiasts of campus network technologies. Authors Ningguo Shen is Chief Architect for Huawei’s campus network solutions. He has approximately 20 years' experience in campus network product and solution design, as well as a wealth of expertise in network planning and design. Mr. Shen previously served as a system engineer for the campus switch, data center switch, and WLAN product lines, and led the design of Huawei’s intent-driven campus network solution. Bin Yu is an Architect for Huawei's campus network solutions. He has 12 years’ experience in campus network product and solution design, as well as extensive expertise in network planning and design and network engineering project implementation. Mr. Yu once led the design of multiple features across various campus network solutions. Mingxiang Huang is a Documentation Engineer for Huawei’s campus network solutions. He has three years of technical service experience, and four years of expertise in developing campus network product documentation. Mr. Huang was previously in charge of writing manuals for Huawei router and switch products. He has authored many popular technical series, including Be an OSPF Expert, Insight into Routing Policies, and Story behind Default Routes. Hailin Xu is a Documentation Engineer for Huawei’s campus network solutions. He has two years of marketing experience in smart campus solutions, and six years of expertise in developing network products and solution documentation. Extremely familiar with Huawei's campus network products and solutions, Mr. Xu was previously in charge of writing manuals for Huawei routers, switches, and campus network solutions. In addition, he has participated in smart campus marketing projects within such sectors as education, government, and real estate.