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Networking terms and definitions

Network World

5G 5G is fast cellular wireless technology for enterprise IoT, IIoT, and phones that can boost wireless throughput by a factor of 10. Network slicing Network slicing can make efficient use of carriers’ wireless capacity to enable 5G virtual networks that exactly fit customer needs.

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What is a network router? How AI networking driving its evolution

Network World

Digital content is delivered across the enterprise network and the global internet in the form of packets. These packets contain the destination address – for example, an IP address if the data is going across the internet. Sometimes these core routers are part of the “Internet backbone.” How does a router work?

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MEF has a vision for NaaS: Easy provisioning and integrated security across a federated network of providers

Network World

Application assurance : Incorporating SD-WAN overlays and network slicing capabilities. These payloads extend the framework to support various services including carrier ethernet, IP services, wavelength services, SD-WAN, and wireless applications. Our SASE cert complies with three things: SD-WAN, SSE and Zero Trust.

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Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities

Network World

The company was founded in 2018 by former Cisco employees who had previously founded SD-WAN vendor Viptella. Network as a service comes in five distinct flavors depending on whether it’s offered by hardware vendors, telcos, cloud providers, muticloud vendors, or WAN-transport carriers.

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Minimizing Jitter for VoIP calls

Spearline Testing

To most organizations, Voice Over Internet Protocol or VoIP mobile services are a perfect option. The simple fact that the service is provided over an internet link is part of what makes VoIP Telephony so efficient. The simple fact that the service is provided over an internet link is part of what makes VoIP Telephony so efficient.

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The Future is Here and It Is Wireless

CIO Business Intelligence

These new tools depend on data being collected, often using small sensors and other devices – the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). In Australia, connection with IoT devices, in-vehicle connectivity, connecting new offices and failover or back-up are key areas where wireless cellular connectivity like 5G, are crucial.

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What Is: Jitter

Spearline Testing

Today, telecommunications traffic largely passes over a packet-switching network and very often over the public internet. Jitter happens when the RTP packet stream traverses the network (LAN, WAN, or Internet) because it has to share network capacity with other data. What is jitter?

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