Adrian Farrel
Adrian Farrel is the co-chair of two IETF working groups:[1] the L2VPN Service Model (L2SM) working group [2] and the Interface to Network Security Functions (I2NSF) working group.[3] He was previously a Routing Area Director in the IETF, and was sponsored for this activity by Juniper Networks.
Formerly he was co-chair of four IETF working groups, namely the L3VPN Service Model (L3SM) working group,[4] CCAMP,[5] PCE,[6] and L1VPN,[7] which are responsible for developing GMPLS and MPLS related standards.
He has also co-edited a special edition of the IEEE Communications Magazine on GMPLS and is the author of a number of books.[8]
He was a founder of Aria Networks Ltd.,[9] who manufacture sophisticated, next-generation network modeling, path computation, and optimization tools for MPLS, GMPLS, and IP networks, and served as their Chief Technology Officer for two years. He also runs a consulting company[10] specializing in MPLS and GMPLS. Previously he was an MPLS architect and development manager at software house Data Connection Ltd., and director of protocol development for Movaz Networks Inc. He is also author of many RFCs,[11][12] Internet drafts,[11][12] guest editorials,[13] and research papers.[14]
From 2008 to 2011 Adrian served as a Trustee and member of the Standing Board of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod[15]
Adrian Farrel is a member of the Pirate Party UK, and since 4 July 2015 has been an elected Governor of the party. On 27 January 2016 he was appointed Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors.[16]
Adrian has also authored two volumes of fairy tales [17] and,[18] and blogs about fairy tales and fairy stories.[19]
Books
- More Tales from the Wood (FeedARead, 2016), ISBN 9781786972569[20]
- Tales from the Wood (FeedARead, 2015), ISBN 9781786100924[21]
- Wireless Networking Complete (with multiple authors, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Burlington: 2009), ISBN 0123750776
- Network Management: Know It All (Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Burlington: 2008), ISBN 0123745985[22]
- Network Quality of Service: Know It All (Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Burlington: 2008), ISBN 0323281877
- MPLS: Next Steps (with Bruce S. Davie, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Burlington: 2008), ISBN 0123744008
- GMPLS: Architecture and Applications (with Igor Bryskin, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Burlington: 2005), ISBN 0120884224
- The Internet and Its Protocols: A Comparative Approach (Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Burlington: 2004), ISBN 155860913X[23]
References
- ^ IETF home page, "IETF"
- ^ L2VPN Service Model (L2SM)
- ^ Interface to Network Security Functions (I2NSF)
- ^ L3VPN Service Model (L3SM)
- ^ IETF's Working Group, Common Control and Measurement Plane (ccamp) Archived November 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ IETF's Working Group, Path Computation Element (pce)
- ^ IETF's Working Group Layer 1 Virtual Private Networks (l1vpn) Archived October 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Amazon index for Adrian Farrel
- ^ Aria Networks
- ^ Old Dog Consulting
- ^ a b IETF's Datatracker search results for Adrian Farrel
- ^ a b Jari Arkko's search page for IETF documents authored by Adrian Farrel
- ^ IEEE Communication Magazine July 2005 Vol.43 No.7
- ^ IEEE Communication Magazine October 2007 Vol.45 No.10 Archived February 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
- ^ "The Board". Pirate Party UK. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ Tales from the Wood
- ^ More Tales from the Wood
- ^ Tales from the Wood Blog
- ^ "More Tales from the Wood". FeedARead. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "Tales from the Wood". Amazon. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Network Management: Know It All". Amazon. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ "The Internet and Its Protocols: A Comparative Approach". Amazon. Retrieved 5 August 2015.