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Master's degree proposal, Router software
Hello everyone,
After 8 years of being out of school I am trying to start my Masters degree. This specific type of degree is being done only by research (research mode vs. coursework mode). I need to prepare a research proposal and send it to the school. I will need a professor to accept me as a research student.
- I want to end my masters in 1.5 years (at most 2 years)
- I have something arround 1 years of experience in unix programming (BSD Sockets , etc) and very extensive database, J2EE, PHP and .NET experience.
- I am CCNA certified and have done switching and routing courses
With above background I had prepared below proposal:
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A: Study and development of a routing platform (OS) using PC hardware
In this project, a routing operating system based on Intel (or a RISC platform) PCs and hardware will be developed which is able to support a few routing protocols (example: static, rip) on simple interfaces (i.e serial or ethernet).
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Though after a days of searching and thinking I found that it is a very big project. I will need to develop a very stable operating system (memory management, processes, filesystem, ...) and a routing software on top of it and also a user shell.
So I am changing mymind to a smaller project:
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A: Study and development of a routing platform (OS) on top of a unix type operating system
In this project, a routing software on top of a stable unix type OS will be developed which is able to support a few routing protocols (example: static, rip) on ethernet interfaces. Platform will include a user shell. Entire software will be placed on a flash disk to form an appliance.
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Though I will look at already developed software like zebra, I should develop a completely new software.
Now
I need some advice from people here.
1- Is this proposal reasonable?
2- Is it possible to cover all the things in just 1.5 years ?
3- Are you able to suggest me a better research proposal?
4- Any other advice is appereciated.
Regards,
Mac