An approach for optimized architectural design of virtual local area network

Abstract

The contemporary digital age is mainly based on network communications, which determines the high importance of network design to meet the trends and demands of users to access services. Such a trend is the virtualization of network components, which is characteristic not only of cloud computing, but also of communications between users in different private companies and public organizations. In this regard, the article is deals whit an opportunity for an optimized architectural design of a network environment, discussing the conditions for configuring VLANs, structuring a segment for free access (demilitarized zone) and the peculiarities of developing a virtual private network. A structural model is proposed to design a network architecture with defined sequential phases to achieve an optimized result.