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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Bell Labs' Discovery May Lead to Efficient Networks
[ On Thursday, June 7, 2001 at 09:26:02 (-0600), Irwin Lazar wrote: ] > Subject: Bell Labs' Discovery May Lead to Efficient Networks > > Through the use of sophisticated new software programs that analyzed and > simulated data traffic in "unprecedented detail," Bell Labs researchers > found that the "burstiness" seen in traffic at the edges of the Internet > disappears at the core. The discovery that traffic on heavily loaded, > high-capacity network links is unexpectedly regular may point the way to > more efficient system and network designs with better performance at lower > cost, Bell Labs said. Anyone with a dozen busy dial-up ports could have told them that.... -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Planix, Inc. <[email protected]>; Secrets of the Weird <[email protected]>
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