Let me describe a pattern most VoIP teams run into without realizing it. Everything works fine when traffic is low. Calls are ...

Layer 7 switching isn’t just for Web servers anymore. Two companies are working to integrate the technology into voice-over-IP networks for corporations and service providers. The ability to route ...

With the continuing pressure to reduce fixed costs within business, enterprises and SMBs are looking at VoIP as an opportunity for cost savings. There is increasing data verifying that the use of IP ...

Generalized Multi-protocol Label Switching extends net intelligence from the network edge through the core and back to the edge under a unified control plane. Carriers are seeking to gain efficiencies ...

Welcome! Throughout this course, Network Systems Foundations, you will delve into the fundamental layers of network communication. You will start with a thorough discussion of the Link Layer and its ...

Needless to say, Voice over IP (VoIP) is a hot topic in development organizations today. Getting the VoIP application itself, right, is important, but other components of an integrated VoIP offering ...

What is a network protocol? Most textbook writers state something like this: A network protocol is a set of guidelines or standards for the operation of network devices, the methods of operation, and ...

It is indeed a "mad, mad, mad telecommunications world," as Randolph May emphasized in a recent guest commentary. As the Progress & Freedom Foundation senior fellow noted, the digital revolution has ...

We met Mr. Murphy, of “What can go wrong, will” infamy, in the introduction to failure modes and the discussion of failure modes at the foundation levels. Now we will learn his tricks on shared media ...