Many efforts have been made in the field of networking. Thousands of researchers are addressing different networking issues. Data security, compression, encryption, topologies, network types, etc., are factors upon which much research has been performed. Many related studies are in progress as well. Many studies tell us new approaches to communication in a specific topology. A few studies introduce new types of topologies that depict the arrangement of devices in a network in different ways. Many studies are addressing peer-to-peer networks and ad hoc networks as well. Bluetooth, PAN, LAN and WAN issues have been the subjects of hundreds of studies for several decades.
Data security is considered the biggest issue in every type of network. Therefore, considerable effort has been expended in terms of encryption, data protection, compression, etc. We have gone through a number of research articles that have contributed to a similar type of research. We witnessed that many of them are suggesting the need to grow supporting infrastructure, e.g., firewalls, antiviruses, spell checkers, translators, etc. Very few studies have shown that they are dealing in a similar way as we are suggesting, e.g., working on application software or system software (operating system) implementing an algorithm.
According to many articles, a lack of research on software or algorithms prevents us from broadening the use of alternative networks. Many algorithms for data protection, compression, encryption, captioning, barcoding, QR codes, steganography, etc., are available because of those studies, but validation is the factor upon which much work has yet to be done.
A few studies that are similar to ours address topological advancement. Many articles guide how to solve ring topology issues, whereas many of them discuss optical backbone networks. Many studies have been performed on star topology, whereas efforts have also been made to analyse the rate and demand in various topologies. One article provides a new algorithm to solve the problem of data loss in ring topology when a participating node crashes accidently. Different issues are addressed by a number of other significant studies.
We came to know that very few efforts have been made to address this issue. Therefore, we decided to work on the trustworthiness (validation) of the data instead of protecting it. We developed an algorithm. By implementing this algorithm, communication processes can ensure trustworthy communication. They can completely rely upon the data they are sending and receiving.
Vishal Jain et al. (2022). A Modified Approach on Ring Topology to Enhance the Network Efficiency. Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. This paper addresses an interesting aspect of technological scenarios: the fundamental concept of ring topology has the drawback of one-way networking, and if one of the device connections is faulty or disconnected by any means, that is, we can have another solution so that the device is still connected and the work is not interrupted [11].
Murugan, Karthick & Vasuki.J. T, & Arulvizhi.M,. (2014). Performance analysis of ring topology in an optical backbone network African Journal of Science and Research Vol 4. 26–29. The introduction of optical networks has been one of the most significant changes in the telecommunications industry in recent years. With the increasing deployment and growth of optical transport networks, solving the classic network design problem of optimizing quality and scalability has become increasingly critical. The fundamental design objective in an optical network involves optimizations of the following two metrics. The first objective is to minimize the total network cost. The second is to maintain an acceptable quality of service (QoS). The SDH (synchronous digital hierarchy) is a strictly planned system in the optical backbone network [1].
Different networking issues are addressed by the two articles referred to above. The article titled “A Modified Approach on Ring Topology to Enhance the Network Efficiency” discusses a new approach to communicating in ring topology. This article describes what can be done in case of the failure of any participating node so that the data transmission is not affected. However, data validation is not needed to ensure hassle-free communication. The articles that point to the issue of data (message) validation guide different approaches.
The approach that we suggest is a trickier yet simple one that is not exactly found in any of the articles that we have gone through yet. Our approach to data validation is different and advantageous because it is inexpensive and effective.