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Everything about Network load balancing
Ability to balance computer network traffic
Network load balancing is the ability to balance traffic across two or more WAN links without using complex routing protocols like BGP. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Network load balancingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Performance Under Limited Service Capacity for Load Balancing EV Charging NetworkInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Modern Operating SystemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Scalable network file systems with load balancing and fault tolerance for web servicesCited 11 times
- Go sideways: IP multicastA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Multicast addressA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Scalable network file systems with load balancing and fault tolerance for web services
Load balancing for video streaming services in hierarchical wireless networks
Improved deep network‐based load predictor and optimal load balancing in cloud‐fog services
A Secure and Stable Multicast Overlay Network with Load Balancing for Scalable IPTV Services
Load Balancing Implementation Strategy for Various Services in Software Defined Network using ONOS Controller
Load balancing optimization of telecommunication networks with two differentiated services
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Modern Operating SystemsAndrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos · 1992
Operations ManagementRoberta S. Russell, Bernard Taylor · 1998
Hands-on networking with Internet technologiesDouglas E. Comer, Douglas E Comer · 2002
Cloud computingNick Antonopoulos, Lee Gillam · 2010
Wind power integrationBrendan Fox, Damien Flynn · 2007
Network and Parallel ComputingJames J. Park · 2012
Emerging Technologies for Information Systems, Computing, and ManagementW. Eric Wong · 2013
Intelligent Technologies and Engineering SystemsJengnan Juang · 2013
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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