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- Network Architecture
- (1) The design of a communications system, which includes the backbones, routers, switches, wireless access points, access methods and protocols used. See communications protocol, LAN and enterprise networking.
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- Media-Ready Network Architecture
- Video applications are fueling a new wave of IP convergence, necessitating a fresh look at network architecture. There are several forces at work, including pressures on companies to be "Green" while covering a broader global footprint and simultaneously increasing productivity. Social networking trends are also crossing over into corporate networks,...
- Tags: Network, Media, Video, Network Architecture, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Application, Social Networking Trend, Corporate Communications, Networking, Network Administration, Marketing
- White papers 2008-06-01
- Towards an Active Network Architecture
- Active networks allow their users to inject customized programs into the nodes of the network. An extreme case, in which one is most interested, replaces packets with "Capsules" - program fragments that are executed at each network router/switch they traverse. Active architectures permit a massive increase in the sophistication of...
- Tags: Network, Network Architecture, Computation, Networking
- White papers 2008-01-01
- SASHA: Toward a Self-Healing Hybrid Sensor Network Architecture
- For widespread adoption of sensor technology, robustness in the event of abnormal behavior such as a network intrusion, or failures of components or nodes is critical. Current research on robust and resilient sensor networking is focused on specific tasks - secure broadcast, secure aggregation, secure localization or fault-tolerant feature extraction....
- Tags: Portland State University, Network, Sensor, Network Architecture, Networking
- White papers 2008-01-01
- A Service Network Architecture for a Multi-Vehicle Search Mission
- Multi-vehicle applications rely on the dynamic allocation of resources such as vehicles, CPUs, bandwidth and storage, and must exhibit robustness to failures or to service degradation in general. The paper presents a model for such applications, called the Service Network Model SNM. The entities of this model are services and...
- Tags: Network, Service Provider, Network Architecture, Service, Business Services
- White papers 2008-01-01
- A Multipath Background Network Architecture
- Background transfers, or transfers that humans do not actively wait on, dominate the Internet today. In today's best-effort Internet, background transfers can interfere with foreground transfers causing long wait times, thereby hurting human productivity. This paper presents the design and implementation of a background network, Harp, that addresses this problem....
- Tags: Network, University Of Massachusetts, Network Architecture, Internet, Networking
- White papers 2008-01-01
- How Network Architecture Simplifies the Deployment of Unified Communications
- Like most enterprises, Cisco wanted to converge its separate voice and data networks to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, and easily adopt new technologies such as IP communications. However, the size and complexity of the Cisco network required more than a simple redesign. It required a new and comprehensive framework...
- Tags: Network, Unified Communications, Network Architecture, Cisco Systems Inc., Networking
- Case studies 2007-12-19
- Converged, Service-Aware IP/MPLS Network Architecture for Cable MSOs - Delivering Flawless Quality of Experience to Residential and Commercial Customers
- The cable MSO networks of the future will be converged communications networks that effortlessly deliver video, multimedia and on-demand services to residential and commercial business customers. To make this possible, cable Multiple Service Operators MSOs are transforming their networks through a convergence of consumer, business and mobile services over a...
- Tags: Aware, MPLS, Network, IP, Network Architecture, Service, Network Technology, Cable, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- White papers 2007-07-30
- Facilities Considerations for the Cisco Data Center Network Architecture
- The Cisco Data Center Network Architecture - a comprehensive, adaptive network architecture designed by Cisco Systems for agile IT support of business needs - critically depends upon underlying physical facilities to provide the power, cooling, physical housing, security, fire protection, and cabling that allow IT to function reliably and seamlessly....
- Tags: Network Architecture, Cisco Systems Inc., Network Administration, Networking
- White papers 2007-04-20
- Basic Abstractions for an Autonomic Network Architecture
- The ANA Autonomic Network Architecture project aims at providing a framework to flexibly host, interconnect, and federate multiple heterogeneous networks in an autonomic way, i.e. without requiring active human intervention. The guiding design principle is to strive for a maximum degree of flexibility at all levels of the architecture in...
- Tags: Network, Network Architecture, Abstraction, University Of Liege, Network Administration, Networking
- White papers 2007-04-16
- New Generation Network Architecture AKARI Conceptual Design
- The future holds a computing environment characterized by embedded and pervasive computing and networking that will benefit society worldwide, not just the current state in which computers and networks are proliferating widely. The current Internet, which was not designed with this kind of pervasive information-networked society in mind, cannot handle...
- Tags: Network, Society, Network Architecture, Internet, Networking
- White papers 2007-04-01
- Enterprise Transformation and Network Architecture: Constructing a Platform for Business Value Acceleration
- Whether the company is being strongly affected by globalization, outsourcing, private equity competition, increased regulation, or Web 2.0, it is clear that future requirements for enterprise computing will only be more demanding. To survive and prosper, companies must reduce operating costs, increase automation and control, and prepare to scale the...
- Tags: Private Equity, Network, Vision, SOA, Network Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Networking, Globalization, Network Administration, Financial Services, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-03-01
- NEPTUNE Stage I Network Architecture
- Developed over the course of more than six years, the NEPTUNE Stage I network will be the first ocean observatory to link a wide variety of deepwater science instruments with the global Internet. The development of NEPTUNE Stage I poses many challenges. The network must deliver high bandwidth and high...
- Tags: Network, Network Architecture, University Of Victoria, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2007-02-27
- ParaNets: A Parallel Network Architecture for Challenged Networks
- Networks characterized by challenges, such as intermittent connectivity, network heterogeneity, and large delays, are called "Challenged networks". The paper proposes a novel network architecture for challenged networks dubbed Parallel Networks, or, ParaNets. The vision behind ParaNets is to have challenged network protocols operate over multiple heterogenous networks, simultaneously available, through...
- Tags: Network, Network Architecture, ParaNets, Networking
- White papers 2007-02-10
- Optical IP Switching a Solution to Dynamic Lightpath Establishment in Disaggregated Network Architectures
- The landscape of the telecommunications environment is constantly evolving; in terms of architecture and increasing data-rate. Ensuring that routing decisions are taken at the lowest possible layer offers the possibility of greatest data throughput. The paper proposes using wavelengths in a DWDM scheme as dedicated channels that bypass the routing...
- Tags: IP Switching, Dublin City University, Network, IP, Network Architecture, Telephony, Networking, Routers & Switches, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities
- White papers 2007-01-17
- A New Algorithm for Crossbar Switch Problem Using Hopfield Neural Network With Continuous Hysteresis Neurons
- This paper proposes a continuous hysteresis neurons Hopfield neural network architecture for efficiently solving crossbar switch problems. A Hopfield neural network architecture with continuous hysteresis and its collective computational properties are studied. It is proved theoretically and confirmed by simulating the randomly generated Hopfield neural network with continuous hysteresis neurons....
- Tags: Algorithm, Network Architecture, Neuron, Network Administration, Productivity, Networking
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Toward Blueprints for Network Architecture, Biophysical Dynamics, and Signal Transduction
- This paper reviews mathematical aspects of biophysical dynamics, signal transduction and network architecture that have been used to uncover functionally significant re-lations between the dynamics of single neurons and the networks they compose. The paper focuses on examples that combine insights from these three areas to expand one's understanding of...
- Tags: Network, University Of Nottingham, Dynamics, Network Architecture, Neuron, Networking, Network Administration
- White papers 2006-11-19
- An End-User-Responsive Sensor Network Architecture for Hazardous Weather Detection, Prediction and Response
- This paper presents an architecture for a class of systems that perform Distributed, Collaborative, Adaptive Sensing DCAS of the atmosphere. Since the goal of these DCAS systems is to sense the atmosphere when and where the user needs are greatest, end-users naturally play the central role in determining how system...
- Tags: Network, Sensor, Network Architecture, Springer Science+Business Media, Networking
- White papers 2006-09-29
- Cisco Unified Communications and the Service-Oriented Network Architecture (SONA)
- With its industry-leading breadth of solutions, its world-class partnerships, and its in-depth understanding of the technical and business challenges, Cisco Systems is uniquely able to help its customers take advantage of the best network architecture and communication system in the industry. Service-Oriented Network Architecture SONA and the Cisco Unified Communications...
- Tags: Unified Communications, Network Architecture, Cisco Systems Inc., Networking
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Carrier-Grade Ethernet for Packet Core Networks
- Ethernet is a permanent success story, extending its reach from LAN and metro areas now also into core networks. 100 Gbit/s Ethernet will be the key enabler for a new generation of true end-to-end carrier grade Ethernet networks. This paper first focuses on functionality and standards required to enable carrier-grade...
- Tags: Network, Network Architecture, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology
- White papers 2006-07-29
- Unified Access and Application Delivery Methodology: A New Paradigm in Information Security and Network Architecture
- The concept of Unified Access Control or Network Admission Control is being talked about a great deal within the information security and network architecture industries. Many manufacturers are proposing their point solutions and products help to better the security posture of traditional network-based paradigms by repositioning traditional solutions like remote-access...
- Tags: Information Security, Microsoft Access, F5 Networks Inc., Network, Network Architecture, Networking, Network Administration, Security
- White papers 2006-07-01
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