Yayin da aka bunkasa tsarin sadarwa ta duniya, wasu masana'antu da masana'antu sunyi nazarin ka'idodin da suke bayansu kuma suna ba da ra'ayoyi daban-daban ga yadda suke aiki. Da yawa daga cikin waɗannan ra'ayoyin sun tsaya tsayayyar lokaci (wasu fiye da sauran) kuma sun samo asali ne a cikin "dokokin" da masu binciken baya suka karbi aikin. Dokokin da ke ƙasa sun fito ne kamar yadda yafi dacewa da hanyar sadarwar kwamfuta.
Dokar Sarnoff
David Sarnoff ya yi gudun hijira zuwa Amurka a 1900 kuma ya zama dan kasuwa na Amurka a gidan rediyo da talabijin. Dokar Sarnoff ta bayyana cewa darajar kuɗin watsa labaran watsa shirye-shiryen ta dace daidai da yawan mutanen da suke amfani da ita. Wannan ra'ayin shine littafi ne da shekaru 100 da suka gabata lokacin da aka yi amfani da telegraph da sauti na farko don aika saƙonni daga mutum zuwa wani. Duk da yake wannan doka ba ta shafi kullun yanar gizo na yau da kullum ba, shi ne daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka faru na farko a cikin tunanin cewa wasu ci gaban da aka gina.
Dokar Shannon
Claude Shannon wani masanin ilimin lissafi ne wanda ya kammala aiki na kasa-da-kasa a fannin kallo da kuma kafa ka'idar ka'idar da yawancin fasahohin sadarwa na zamani ya dogara. An kafa shi a cikin shekarun 1940, Dokar Shannon wata hanyar lissafi ce wadda ta kwatanta dangantaka tsakanin (a) mafi yawan bayanai na kuskure marasa kuskure na haɗin sadarwa, (b) bandwidth da (c) SNR (siginar sigina):
a = b * log2 (1 + c)
Dokar Metcalfe
Robert Metcalfe shi ne co-inventor na Ethernet . Dokar Metcalfe ta ce "darajar cibiyar sadarwa tana ƙaruwa da ƙididdigar nodes." Na farko da aka yi la'akari da shekarun 1980 a cikin hanyar Ethernet na farkon bunkasa, Dokar Metcalfe ta zama sananne da kuma amfani dashi a lokacin Intanet na 1990s.
Wannan doka ta nuna cewa ƙimar kasuwancin da ya fi girma ko kuma cibiyar sadarwar jama'a (musamman yanar-gizon) don ba ta la'akari da yanayin da ake amfani dasu na yawancin jama'a. A cikin manyan cibiyoyin sadarwa, ƙananan masu amfani da wurare suna da yawa suna samar da mafi yawan hanyoyin (da darajar daidai). Mutane da yawa sun ba da shawarar gyare-gyare ga Dokar Metcalfe don taimakawa wajen ramawa saboda wannan tasiri.
Dokar Gilder
Marubucin George Gilder ya wallafa littafinsa Telecosm: Ta yaya Bandwidth na Ƙarshe zai Juya Duniya a shekarar 2000 . A cikin littafin, Dokar Gilder ta ce "kullun yana girma ne sau uku fiye da wutar lantarki." Haka kuma Gilder ya kasance yana mai suna Metcalfe Law a 1993 kuma ya taimaka wajen fadada amfani.
Dokar Reed
David P. Reed wani masanin kimiyya ne wanda ke da nasaba da ci gaban duka TCP / IP da UDP . An wallafa shi a shekara ta 2001, Dokar Reed ta bayyana cewa mai amfani da manyan hanyoyin sadarwa na iya fadada girman kai tare da girman cibiyar sadarwa. Reed ya yi iƙirarin cewa dokar Metcalfe ta shafi darajar cibiyar sadarwa yayin da yake girma.
Dokar Beckstrom
Rod Beckstrom dan sana'ar kasuwanci ne. An gabatar da Shari'ar Beckstrom a taron kolin tsaro na cibiyar sadarwa a shekara ta 2009. Ya ce "darajar cibiyar yanar gizon da aka daidaita ta hanyar hanyar sadarwa, wanda aka fi dacewa daga kowane mai amfani, kuma yana tattare ga kowa." Wannan doka yunkurin inganta tsarin zamantakewar jama'a inda amfanin ya dogara ba kawai a kan girman ba a cikin Dokar Metcalfe amma har ma a kan mai amfani da lokacin da aka yi amfani da hanyar sadarwa.
Dokar Nacchio
Joseph Nacchio shine tsohon kamfanonin sadarwa. Dokar Nacchio ta bayyana "yawan tashoshin jiragen ruwa da farashin da tashar jiragen ruwa na IP ke ingantawa ta hanyar umarni biyu a kowane watanni 18."