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New Algorithm Boosts Network Efficiency

Posted by Soulskill on from the more-is-better dept.

palegray.net writes "Researchers at the University of California have developed a new network routing algorithm that has the potential to significantly boost Internet traffic routing efficiency. This new approach focuses on the needs of dynamic networks, where connections are frequently transient. From the article: 'What the team did with their new routing algorithm, according to Savage's student Kirill Levchenko, was to reduce the "communication overhead" of route computation — by an order of magnitude.' For the technically inclined, the full research publication (PDF) is available."

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  1. Thoughts that never occur to fat black women by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. BITCH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    haS been my only

  3. Re:Is this really new? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So, from reading the article, I see that the great leap forward here is "smaller routing domain in a link-state protocol leads to faster routing updates".

    Wow, that's far more benign than Chairman Mao's "Great Leap Forward" social plan which led to tens of millions dead!