SS7 has been the tried and true signaling mechanism for providing signaling in traditional PSTN networks. But, with voice-over-IP (VoIP) becoming a more important technology for carriers, carriers are ...

Although the Internet of Things (IoT) introduces remarkable ways to collect, manage, and apply data, it's also a huge vector for cyberattacks. One of the biggest vulnerabilities lies in embedded ...

Open communication protocolsModbus TCP/IP is an open industrial protocol based on standard Ethernet. Modbus provides connectivity to programmable automation controllers (PACs), PLCs, and legacy ...

Internet Protocol (IP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) are the languages computers use to communicate with one another, and they out the rules of the internet. TCP/IP makes the internet work a ...

IO-Link uses standard unshielded cables to enable real-time data exchange between sensors, actuators and control systems, replacing simple on/off signals with detailed device performance and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Since the early 2000s, the storage industry has been at pains to develop an alternative to Fibre ...

The Domain Name Service is what I call a “dense” protocol. I call it dense because there is so much to DNS that it has resulted in many books being written solely on DNS, what it is, and what it does.