Insights from an in-depth analysis of RFC, internet drafts, and declared patent families and top participating companies.
If there is something that is truly the backbone of current digital communication standards, it’s routing and switching technologies. We decided to look deeper into the standards developed by the IETF and contributing companies to understand their role in developing routing and switching technologies.
Our report analyzes the development of Routing and switching technology from 2003 to 2022 by reviewing the IETF documents RFCs, Internet Drafts, and Declared Patent Families.
Report Highlights:
- Trends from key IETF documents across the last two decades.
- A look at filings of RFCs, Drafts, and Patent filings in 3 key areas – Operations and Management Area (ops), Routing Area (rtg), and Internet Area (int)
- Ranking of top contributors, including Cisco and Huawei, and their specific roles.
Findings reveal that Cisco and Huawei are the top contributors, with significant input from Juniper, Nokia, and Ericsson. The study discusses the competition among these companies as they continually submit new drafts and push for their proposals to be accepted as RFCs.
