The wireless infrastructure is likely to remain a circuit-switched, time-division multiplexed technology for much of the next five to seven years. Even after the transition to third-generation (3G) ...

In IP communications, the concept of sessions has become second nature. Modern PBXs and video conferencing systems are built around the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). At the network edge, session ...

For several years Internet routing has relied on a trust-based model. While this system has worked well in general, it is now struggling to deal with both the exponential growth of the Internet and an ...

Cybercriminals and nation-state hackers routinely hide behind phony IP addresses to mask their location and identity, but an Internet initiative that seeks to thwart that and other malicious and ...

Every year, there are multiple reports of internet routing outages or attacks that significantly disrupt internet traffic. Typically, these incidents are measured by ...

Packet filtering works differently. Instead of shutting down the entire internet, it is used to block specific websites or ...

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a high-speed, broadband transmission capability technology. It transports various types of user traffic, including telephony (voice), data, and video signals. It ...

Paul Baran, whose Cold War era invention of packet switching technology helped to lay the foundation for the Internet, has died at the age of 84. Paul Baran, whose Cold War era invention of packet ...