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
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is a container orchestration platform used to deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications. It automates workload scheduling and lifecycle control.
Software
Label Switching
Label switching is a forwarding method in which packets are moved through the network using label state rather than only destination-address lookup.
Concept/Framework
LDACS
An emerging aeronautical datalink standard being developed to provide enroute air-ground data communication capacity in the L-band frequency range, addressing anticipated future capacity constraints as datalink-dependent air traffic management continues…
Protocol
Licensed Shared Access
A regulatory framework under which spectrum is shared between an incumbent licensee and one or more secondary licensees under a formal, license-backed agreement specifying the conditions — geographic, temporal, technical…
Regulatory & Compliance
Link Aggregation
Link Aggregation is the combination of multiple physical links into a single logical link for higher capacity or redundancy.
Protocol
Link State Routing
Link State Routing is a routing method in which routers exchange and flood link-state advertisements to build a shared network topology map, then independently compute optimal paths using shortest-path algorithms.
Protocol
Load Balancer
A Load Balancer is a system that distributes traffic or workloads across multiple resources. It improves availability, utilization, and service performance.
Software
Load Balancing
Load Balancing is the distribution of traffic or workload across multiple resources so no single resource becomes overloaded.
Software
LoRaWAN
An open, unlicensed-spectrum LPWAN protocol standard, built on LoRa chirp spread-spectrum physical-layer radio technology, defining the MAC layer, network architecture, and security model for long-range, low-power, low-data-rate device connectivity.
Protocol
LPWAN
The category of wireless communication technologies optimized for long-range, low-power, low-data-rate connectivity, encompassing unlicensed-spectrum technologies such as LoRaWAN and licensed cellular technologies standardized by 3GPP such as NB-IoT and LTE-M.
Concept/Framework