Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks: Performance Issues

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Artech House, 1995 - Computers - 535 pages
This updated version of the best-selling first edition is a one-source reference to ATM networks. Written by one of the engineers developing IBM's ATM architecture, it provides a comprehensive review of current and emerging ATM standards, including P-NNI. Unlike traditional standards documents, this book is easy to follow and serves as a readily accessible reference for system designers, researchers, marketing staff, and graduate students of high-speed networking. Features 200 equations and 119 figures.

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Asynchronous Transfer Mode
19
Source Characterization in ATM Networks
77
Traffic Management in ATM Networks
139
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About the author (1995)

Raif O. Onvural holds a Ph.D. in computer science from North Carolina State University. Dr. Onvural is vice president of ATM systems development for Allied Telesyn International in Morrisville, North Carolina. He is the author of Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks: Performance Issues, Second Edition and several published articles. He has also organized international conferences on high-speed networks.

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