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Single point of failure

Known as: Central point of failure, SPOF, No Single Point of Failure 
A single point of failure (SPOF) is a part of a system that, if it fails, will stop the entire system from working. SPOFs are undesirable in any… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
This paper describes the design and implementation of a distributed self-stabilizing clock synchronization algorithm based on the… 
2009
2009
Power indices such as the Banzhaf index were originally developed within voting theory in an attempt to rigorously characterise… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Wireless sensor networks that are deployed in applications such as battlefield monitoring and home sentry systems face acute… 
2003
2003
We propose 4+4, a simple address extension architecture for Internet that provides an evolutionary approach to extending the… 
2003
2003
The explosion of data traffic and the availability of huge bandwidth using WDM optical network make it important to study optical… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
We consider extensions of the most common mesh-restorable network capacity design formulation that enhance the dual-failure… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Network media redundancy is a clean and effective way of achieving high levels of reliability against temporary medium faults and… 
1998
1998
We describe mechanisms to enhance the reliability and performance of Mobile IP. In Mobile IP today home agents and foreign agents… 
1998
1998
CCS is a resource management system for parallel high-performance computers. At the user level, CCS provides vendor-independent… 
1994
1994
This paper endeavours to explain in a simple manner system Single Point of Failure and Availability, and a mathematic modelling…