Technical Terms CIST: Completely Independent Spanning Trees that are pairwise edge-disjoint and internally node-disjoint, ensuring independent paths between any two nodes.

Inventor: Radia Perlman Invention: Spanning-tree algorithm — 1983 The story: The spanning-tree algorithm, used by all bridges and switches to route traffic from one point to another, is credited ...

Thanks to spanning tree protocol, switched network environments are capable of connecting bridges and switches with multiple paths for data transmission.

The spanning tree algorithm is used with Ethernet switches to routinely remove loop circuits. If these loops weren’t removed, a single IP packet carrying video could loop endlessly while consuming ...

Independent spanning trees, often realised as completely independent spanning trees (CISTs), form a foundational concept in network design and routing.