Why Multipath TCP Failed to Achieve Widespread Adoption
A decade-old transport protocol reveals how middleboxes ossified the internet's core.
How In-Band Network Telemetry Changes Monitoring Architecture
When packets carry their own observability data, monitoring shifts from inference to direct observation
Why Deterministic Networking Requires Rethinking Quality of Service
When microseconds matter absolutely, statistical quality promises give way to mathematical timing guarantees
Programmable Data Planes Are Enabling In-Network Computing
Network switches evolve from packet plumbing into programmable computing substrates operating at terabit speeds
Why BGP's Design Prevents Internet-Wide Route Optimization
The internet routes packets by policy, not by shortest path—and that's exactly why it works at global scale.
Named Data Networking: Why Addressing Content Instead of Hosts Transforms Internet Architecture
Content-centric architecture dissolves the artificial separation between data identity and location that has constrained Internet design for decades
Why TCP Congestion Control Algorithms Fail in Satellite Networks and What Replaces Them
Unpacking how terrestrial protocol assumptions cripple satellite throughput and the transport innovations designed to reclaim space link capacity
Why Quantum Key Distribution Will Fundamentally Break Classical Network Security Models
How physics-guaranteed security challenges everything network architects believe about encryption, trust models, and future-proof infrastructure design
The Hidden Cost of Zero Trust: Why Microsegmentation Creates Exponential Policy Complexity
Microsegmentation policies grow exponentially with services—identity-based controls and automated synthesis offer the only sustainable path forward.
Software-Defined WANs Are Evolving Into Intent-Based Autonomous Networks
How networks are learning to understand business goals and configure themselves—the architectural journey from SDN programmability to genuine autonomous intent translation.
The Edge Computing Paradox: How Decentralization Actually Increases Coordination Complexity
Discover why distributing computation to the edge creates coordination challenges that centralized architectures never encountered—and how leading engineers are solving them.
The Fundamental Limits of Network Function Virtualization
Why virtualized network functions can approach but never match dedicated hardware performance, and how SmartNICs are reshaping the boundary.
How Segment Routing Eliminates the Need for Distributed Path State
Inside the architectural shift that moves path intelligence from distributed router state to packet headers, enabling unprecedented network simplicity and programmability.