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Improving Pan-African research and education networks through traffic engineering: A LISP/SDN approach

Chavula, 2017

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Chavula J
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Abstract The UbuntuNet Alliance, a consortium of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) runs an exclusive data network for education and research in east and southern Africa. Despite a high degree of route redundancy in the Alliance's topology, a …
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