The use of IP for audio and broadcast transport applications has gained increasing attention as the quality of service (QoS) of packet switched networks continually improves. The lure of reduced costs ...

In the last two newsletters (see here and here) we commented on the fact that data replication was significantly different than other data applications and that it could be negatively impacted by ...

At trade shows, I occasionally walk into a booth and discover a product I really want to understand and appreciate. I am especially interested in how the traffic it sends or receives affects the ...

One of the essential requirements in 5G wireless systems is minimizing packet transmission latency for ultra-reliable and low latency (URLLC) services. One of the most prominent examples will be ...

Last time, we delved into the reasons that packet loss has such an enormous impact on application performance over the WAN in the first place. This time we’ll begin to look at the ways that various ...

Interconnect standards such as PCI Express, Hyper Transport and Rapid IO have several common features such as packet based transmission, flow control for buffer space management, data integrity checks ...

We live in an era where all of us are very much dependent on the internet. Staying connected with the world is made simple thanks to the palm-sized devices called smartphones. High-speed internet ...

A practical look at Dual Tone Multi Frequency and RFC 2833/4733 It's easy to get lost in the technological babble of our industry. We are awash in acronyms, product names, standards (real and pseudo), ...

A debate is currently raging around whether LTE can use packet switching to transmit voice. End user expectations cannot be ignored because, after more than 20 years of GSM, users have come to expect ...