Why does this matter operationally?
Scalability
The ability of a connectivity architecture to accommodate growth in users, devices, data volume, or geographic coverage without requiring fundamental redesign. Scalable systems expand incrementally and maintain performance characteristics as load increases.
269 terms
GSMA
The mobile network operator industry's global trade association, representing operator commercial and policy interests and coordinating cross-operator initiatives, working alongside technical standards bodies like 3GPP rather than performing their standardization…
Regulatory & Compliance
High Throughput Satellite
High Throughput Satellite is a satellite system designed to deliver higher data capacity than traditional satellite systems, usually by using spot beams and frequency reuse to focus resources into smaller…
Hardware
Hub And Spoke
Hub And Spoke is a topology or operating model in which multiple endpoints connect through a central hub rather than directly to each other.
Concept/Framework
Hub And Spoke Architecture
Hub And Spoke Architecture is a network design in which endpoints connect through a central hub rather than directly to one another. It simplifies interconnection but centralizes dependency.
Concept/Framework
Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid Cloud is a cloud model that combines private and public cloud environments so workloads, data, or services can span both. It blends dedicated and shared cloud resources through networking,…
Service Model
Hybrid Network
Hybrid Network is a network architecture that combines different transport, access, or ownership models within one operational environment.
Concept/Framework
Hypervisor
Hypervisor is the virtualization layer that creates, manages, and isolates virtual machines on a physical host by controlling access to CPU, memory, storage, and device resources.
Software
IATA
The airline industry's global trade association, developing commercial and operational standards — ticketing, baggage handling, cargo processes — supporting interoperability across airlines, travel agents, and airports, representing airline commercial interests…
Regulatory & Compliance
IBGP
IBGP is the internal BGP session used to exchange routes within the same autonomous system. It distributes internal routing information across a domain.
Protocol
IEEE
The professional and technical standards organization responsible for foundational networking and electronics standards including Ethernet, developed through numbered working groups and committees addressing physical and data link layer specification.
Regulatory & Compliance