North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Cascading Failures Could Crash the Global Internet
RFC 3439 talks of coupling & amplification and it's relation to the Internet. -danny > > > Sigh, there are differences between tightly coupled networks, such as > the electric power grid and loosely couple networks like the Internet. > But there are also some similarities, such as electric grids use DC > interconnections to limit how far AC disturbances propagate; the > Internet uses AS interconnections to limit IGP disturbances from > propagating. > > http://sci.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20686.html > > The actual article requires payment to read > http://ojps.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PLEEE8000066000006065102000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=Yes > |