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 ...

Modern switches and routers often use dynamic RAM (DRAM) in order to provide large buffer storage space. However, the effective bandwidth of DRAM is frequently a limiting factor in the design of ...

In the last newsletter, we continued a discussion of discarding voice vs. data packets. This time we’ll continue that discussion with a proposal for how data transmission could be greatly enhanced by ...

The maximum transmission unit (MTU) for a protocol sets the top limit on how big its packets can be. However, the network devices they pass through, encapsulation, and other factors can complicate ...

The Internet transmits data to and from computers and networks via packets. The term "packet loss" describes the event in which a data packet fails to reach its destination. Organizations that are ...