Abstract: Carrier Ethernet integrates distributed layer-2 bridge networks to a backbone network. Since carrier Ethernets use simple layer-2 routing, its performance is lower than that of layer-3 ...

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For more than 20 years we have been using Layer 3 connectivity powered by dynamic routing protocols to route traffic between data centers, but adoption of virtualization and geo-clustering ...

Two high-profile specifications winding their way through the IETF promise to boost data center switching and service provider routing, but advances from Cisco and Juniper Networks raise questions ...

Abstract: Internet of Things Devices (IoTDs) in remote areas connect to the Internet through Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. The transmission of massive IoTDs data volumes leveraging satellites ...