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RSS plane controlVL2: A Scalable and Flexible Data Center Network
White Paper VL2 uses flat addressing to allow service instances to be placed anywhere in the network, Valiant Load Balancing to spread traffic uniformly across network paths, and end-system based address resolution to scale to large server pools,... [16 Sep 2009]
The Search for the Right Packet Transport Technology: MPLS or PBB-TE (PBT)?
White Paper The author does this in order to evaluate if there are any fundamental differences between the control or data plane of the two technologies, which would give either of them a significant cost/complexity... [11 Sep 2009]
The Emerging Optical Control Plane
White Paper The control plane moves some of the network intelligence down to the NEs. Traditional transport networks can be modeled as the interaction of two operating planes: a transport plane and... [30 Aug 2009]
Profitability Delivering Personalized 3-Screen Multimedia Services: Monetizing the SDP Investment
White Paper The Motorola SDP enables personalized subscriber experiences that feature converged.screen multimedia experiences as well as the advertising and rating mechanisms that enable traditional and alterative revenue models-Motorola's SDP goes... [15 Aug 2009]
The A to Z of wireless
News From using your mobile phone on a plane to surfing the net while you down a pint in the pub, wireless is revolutionising the way we do business. Aircraft must also install a network control unit to... [11 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up There's a bit in the original Transformers movie (the Round-Up accidentally saw half of it recently on a plane before the gin and tonics kicked in) where some kind of space-alien doohickey is used to turn everyday... [03 Jul 2009]
Network Foundation Protection
White Paper Later in this paper, each design module is presented with the additional security design elements required to enhance visibility and control and to secure the data plane. This includes setting a security... [01 Jul 2009]
OSPF Monitoring: Architecture, Design and Deployment Experience
White Paper Improving IP control plane (routing) robustness is critical to the creation of reliable and stable IP services. Yet very few tools exist for effective IP route monitoring and management. This paper... [29 May 2009]
Design and Implementation of a Routing Control Platform
White Paper RCP is a logically-centralized platform, separate from the IP forwarding plane, that performs route selection on behalf of routers and communicates selected routes to the routers using the unmodied iBGP protocol. [29 May 2009]
Control Plane Security Overview in Cisco IOS Software
White Paper In nowadays competitive business climate, connecting to the Internet is imperative; however, this also exposes network elements and infrastructure to myriad threats. Cisco IOS Software provides a rich set of security features that... [01 Apr 2009]
On the Design of MPLS-ASON/GMPLS Interconnection Mechanisms
White Paper The interconnection is firstly done at the control plane level allowing the OSPF-TE flooding mechanism to advertise the existence of a link between two MPLS islands. No optical resources are used in the... [01 Apr 2009]
Single-Chip Control/Data-Plane Processors: Trends, Features, Deployment
White Paper The single-chip control/data-plane processor offers many advantages over traditional discrete solutions. Integration improves performance, reduces both chip cost and system cost, and reduces power... [23 Mar 2009]
Plane sailing as Sita ditches 30-year-old mainframes
News The organisation has inked a 15-year deal with Oracle to update its Passenger Reservations System - which also covers ticketing, inventory and departure control - and forms part of its Horizon passenger management... [23 Mar 2009]
Photos: Unmanned 'spy in the sky' passes first test
Photo The Ministry of Defence's £800m vision of an unmanned spy plane got a step closer with the first official systems tests of Watchkeeper, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) under development by contractor Thales. [26 Nov 2008]
Technical White Paper for None Stop Forwarding
White Paper NSF (None Stop Forwarding) is an HA technology that can ensure normal data forwarding when the control plane of a router fails, thus protecting key services on the network. As the network develops, users... [01 Oct 2008]
