Many in the networking industry may not be aware that SCTP exists and the benefits that it provides end-to-end Internet communications. We use TCP over IP for most unicast communications and the ...

Network protocols are formal standards and policies consisting of rules, procedures, and formats that define how data is exchanged over networks. They ensure that devices can communicate effectively, ...

Time-sensitive networking (TSN) is poised to have the biggest impact on industrial networking since Ethernet was introduced to the plant floor more than two decades ago. “The goal is to ensure a ...

Electronic control of lighting is one of the more significant ways that we can reduce global energy consumption. In the U.S., commercial and residential lighting applications consume 22% of the total ...

Terms can sometimes play tricks on the mind. Take EtherNet/IP, for example. Many people will read “IP” as internet protocol and think that EtherNet/IP refers to plain old, standard industrial Ethernet ...

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the standard way of checking that devices on a network are operating properly. With SNMP, devices on the network monitor their own activity, using built-in ...