Network Design and Simulation
Network Design and Simulation Networking is a technology that connects computers as well as peripherals, which has evolved with the need for sharing information and resources and now growing at fast rate to encompass every field. ... Design of all these three distinct components involve different factors and is increasingly becoming complex with multiple media, multiple protocols, and interconnection to networks outside any single organizations dominion of control. The campus network topology is primarily LAN technology connecting all end systems within the building. ... Wide area Networks are nothing but interconnection of campus networks and mainly consists of high-speed links connected by switches and routers which determine LAN/WAN junction points of network. ... In the past ring topology was used for WAN but now mesh topology is used to make the network handle the failure situations quickly and some time for load balancing. ... In contrast, packet-switched networks have traditionally offered more flexibility and used network bandwidth more efficiently than circuit-switched networks.