Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), described in RFC 3031, is a method for forwarding packets that uses short, fixed-length values carried by packets, called labels, to determine packet next hops. A fundamental co...

Due to network effects and switching costs, platform providers often become entrenched. To dislodge them, entrants generally must offer revolutionary products. We explore a second path to platform leadership change that does not rely on Schumpeterian creative destruction: platform envelopment. By leveraging common components and shared user relationships, one platform provider can move into ano...

Research on spectrum sensing and spectrum switching that are the key technologies of cognitive radio dynamic spectrum access is carried out in this paper. In order to reduce the required number of dualistic detection when in low spectrum occupancy rate and reduce the complexity of wideband spectrum sensing calculation, this paper presents a wideband spectrum sensing method based on group testin...

INTRODUCTION The platform switching concept involves the reduction of the restoration abutment diameter with respect to the diameter of the dental implant. In 1991, dental implants of 5 and 6 mm diameter platforms were introduced. However, matching-diameter prosthetic abutments were not available. These implants were restored with "standard"-diameter prosthetic components (4.1 mm). Long-term fo...

Generalized multiprotocol label switching, also referred to as multiprotocol lambda switching, is a multipurpose control plane paradigm that supports not only devices that perform packet switching, but also devices that perform switching in the time, wavelength, and space domains. The development of GMPLS necessitates enhancements to existing IP signaling and routing protocols. An overview of t...

A T-bit/s ATM switching system architecture, called the OPTlMA switch, is proposed. This system is scalable and quasi-non-blocking by virtue of its self-load-balancing mechanism and high-speed interconnection effect. The selfload-balancing mechanism prevents overloading in the switch by automatically checking and balancing the internal load. An experimental 640-Gbitls ATM switching system was d...