The Domain Name Service is what I call a “dense” protocol. I call it dense because there is so much to DNS that it has resulted in many books being written solely on DNS, what it is, and what it does.

Without network protocols, the modern internet would cease to exist. Network protocols enable the exchange of information across the internet. They work behind the scenes so effectively that most ...

Routing in Internet of Things (IoT) deployments confronts the dual constraints of severely limited node resources and highly variable link reliability. Low Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs) encompass a ...

Thread is a simplified, IPv6-based mesh networking protocol developed for connecting products around the home to each other, to the internet, and to the cloud. Thread is simple to install, highly ...

Cisco Radio Aware Routing addresses several of the challenges faced when merging IP routing and radio communications in mobile networks, especially those exhibiting ad hoc (MANET) behavior. This ...

Border Gateway Protocol, or BGP, and Open Shortest Path First, or OSPF, are two of the most popular, standards-based dynamic routing protocols used around the world. Although BGP and OSPF are both ...