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
Brownfield Integration
Brownfield Integration is the integration of new systems into an existing environment, plant, or infrastructure that already contains legacy equipment or processes. It fits into what already exists.
Operations
Cache
A cache is a storage layer that keeps copies of frequently requested data so future requests can be served faster than retrieving the data from the origin each time. It…
Software
Capacity Planning
Capacity planning is the operational and analytical process of estimating future demand and aligning resources so that services remain within acceptable performance limits. It defines how much headroom is needed,…
Operations
Carrier Aggregation
Carrier Aggregation is a wireless technique that combines multiple frequency carriers to increase bandwidth and data capacity. It allows one service to use more than one carrier resource simultaneously.
Protocol
Carrier Ethernet
A standardized set of carrier-grade Ethernet service definitions — point-to-point, multipoint, and tree-topology variants — providing reliability, scalability, and manageability guarantees for wide-area Ethernet service delivery between enterprise and carrier…
Service Model
Carrier Grade NAT
Carrier Grade NAT is large-scale network address translation used by service providers to share limited public IPv4 addresses among many subscribers, extending NAT at provider scale.
Protocol
Carrier Network
A carrier network is a telecommunications network operated by a service provider to deliver customer traffic across wide-area infrastructure.
Concept/Framework
Channelization
Channelization is the division of spectrum, bandwidth, or transmission resources into separate channels for communication or control. It creates distinct paths or segments for different traffic.
Operations
CIDR Notation
CIDR Notation is a compact way to represent IP address prefixes and network masks using a slash and prefix length. It describes the size of a network range.
Protocol
Circuit Switching
Circuit Switching is a communication method that establishes a dedicated path between endpoints for the duration of a session. It reserves resources for that connection.
Protocol