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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

  1. Read the overview: Network load balancingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Optimizing RPL for Load Balancing and Congestion Mitigation in IoT NetworkInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Modern Operating SystemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Network reconfiguration in distribution systems for loss reduction and load balancingCited 4,896 times
  5. Go sideways: IP multicastA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Multicast addressA closely related topic

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