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A network router plays a crucial role in how data packets travel to and from a computer to host across the Internet. Routers serve as the junction point between the computers in a network and an ...

Messages and data travel around networks in a packet. A packet is a structure that carries a segment of data. The recommended packet size is different depending on network types. Wireless network have ...

WLAN is the most-used data-transmission method in industry, but it poses some limitations and security risks. Li-Fi technology, the transmission of data via light, could now offer a safe alternative.

Take advantage of TCP/IP options to optimize data transmission Your email has been sent By Alex Kuznetsov, Alex Plant, and Alexander Tormasov Last time, we explained how the TCP_CORK option can ...

In many novel networks-on-chips (NoC) the virtual channels mechanism is widely used [1,5]. It could be used for different goals from livelocks avoidance to different classes of traffic support ...

The data transfer in a TCP/IP network is usually block-based. From a programmer’s point of view, sending data means issuing a series of “send data block” requests. On a system level, sending an ...