Wide-area networks are usually bandwidth constrained, creating application bottlenecks. Further, round-trip delay and packet loss can degrade performance and cause instability that cannot be ...

Until recently, networks were strictly built based on how the underlying transmission topologies were laid out. Some mechanisms, such as Traffic Engineering, were used to influence path selection ...

The traditional network model of a central, physical data center hub with spokes running out to fixed locations has gone the way of the mainframe and electric typewriter – once mainstays of business.