This book focuses on the fundamental concepts of IP routing and distance-vector routing
protocols (RIPv2 and EIGRP). It discusses routing protocols from a practicing engineer's …

BACKGROUND Whether they carry gas, liquids or electrical energy, utility lines that span
geographic regions can fail for a number of reasons, including seismic events, windstorms …

BACKGROUND Time keeping in computing systems requires information for synchronizing
the time with a world time keeping stan dard and a mechanism for accurately maintaining …

An automated key transition method is executed by a node in a network. The network
includes a set of nodes utilizing a current key identifier provided by a group key …

Embodiments provide a packet processing method. In accordance with this method, a first
LSP packet can be received by a network device. The following determinations can be …

Abstract IEEE 802.1 Qca Path Control and Reservation (PCR) specifies explicit path control
via IS-IS in Layer 2 networks in order to move beyond the shortest path capabilities provided …

In this chapter, the usability of voice biometric authentication is investigated. In doing so, we
first studied the current status of Internet of Things [IoT] authentication technologies. We …

This document defines a new optional Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
TLV named CAPABILITY, formed of multiple sub-TLVs, which allows a router to announce its …

This document describes how the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Secure Hash Standard family of algorithms can be used with OSPF version 2's built-in …

Deployment experience gained from implementing algorithms to determine Loop-Free
Alternates (LFAs) for multi-homed prefixes (MHPs) has revealed some avenues for potential …