subnetwork
Noun
Meaning
subnetwork (plural subnetworks)
A subsection of a network.
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The SDH equivalent of UPSR is subnetwork connection protection (SNCP); SNCP does not impose a ring topology, but may also be used in mesh topologies.
While the IETF does not use the terminology, this is a subnetwork dependent convergence facility according to an extension to the OSI model, the internal organization of the network layer (IONL).
The intent of the new design was not to provide just a sufficient quantity of addresses, but also redesign routing in the Internet by more efficient aggregation of subnetwork routing prefixes.
Additionally, the subnetwork your instance is created under is associated with the location you provide.
The resulting Interface IDs are stable within each subnetwork, but change as a host moves from one network to another.
The root of the tree is the address pool for natural networks, branches are subnetwork address pools, and leaves are manual bindings to clients.