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RPC vs TCP (Redux)
We have been writing about the possibilities for a request/response transport paradigm (as an alternative to TCP's reliable byte stream) since the…
Larry Peterson
Mar 20
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Putting Large Language Models in Context
In recent weeks it’s been hard to avoid the buzz around the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) and particularly the recent launch of ChatGPT. There…
Bruce Davie
Mar 6
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February 2023
It's TCP vs. RPC All Over Again
We’ve written previously about the fact that the Internet seems to be missing a standard protocol for the request/response paradigm, with repeated…
Larry Peterson
Feb 20
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Does Network Slicing Solve a Real Problem?
One topic that you have to address in a book on 5G is network slicing, which seems to be a topic that gets some people very excited (e.g., those who…
Bruce Davie
Feb 6
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January 2023
To Infinity and Beyond
We now have a complete draft of our Private 5G book. It’s not ready to publish just yet, but we do invite you to take a look on GitHub and give us your…
Larry Peterson
Jan 23
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Ageing Like A Fine Wine
The occasional success of old ideas
Bruce Davie
Jan 9
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December 2022
Stakeholders and #2 Pine
As is our tradition (now in its second year), our holiday post is a bit less serious than most. Last year Bruce waxed poetic (with a few rants thrown…
Larry Peterson
Dec 19, 2022
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Decentralization Strikes Back
About two weeks ago, we joined the masses of people leaving Twitter for Mastodon. The fact that Mastodon, building on some earlier ideas for federated…
Bruce Davie
Dec 5, 2022
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November 2022
What's in a Name?
“It has been said that the principal function of an operating system is to define a number of different names for the same object, so that it can busy…
Larry Peterson
Nov 21, 2022
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Applying a Systems Lens to Mobile Networks
This week we continue our series of posts explaining the Systems Approach by way of examples. In this case, we’re returning to the case of the mobile…
Bruce Davie
Nov 7, 2022
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October 2022
How Traffic Engineering Became A Systems Problem
The Systems Approach has been the guiding principle for how we write, teach, and design systems for almost 30 years, and of course we get asked to…
Bruce Davie
Oct 24, 2022
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Boundary Conditions: A Systems Approach
After a few weeks talking about TCP and QUIC, this week we return to one of our favorite topics: platforms. Building platforms is often an exercise in…
Larry Peterson
Oct 10, 2022
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