Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks: Performance IssuesIntended for network planners and systems engineers, this book provides information on ATM performance issues. It presents practical methods and simulation models useful in understanding and co-ordinating ATM networks and includes insights into protocols, reactive and preventive congestion control mechanisms, virtual paths and virtual circuits, traffic characteristics of new applications, bandwidth allocation and switching requirements. |
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BroadbandIntegrated Services Digital Network | 1 |
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AAL type algorithm Areas of Communication arrival process Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM cell ATM networks ATM switches B-ISDN bandwidth requirements Banyan network Bernoulli Process bit rate blocking Broadband bursty bytes CCITT cell arrival cell loss coding Congestion Control connection connectionless crossbar switch defined delay denote destination distribution end-to-end error flow control frame functions Furthermore IEEE IEEE Journal in-band signaling incoming link INFOCOM input buffering input port interarrival interface intermediate nodes Journal on Selected leaky bucket Mbps MMBP MMPP MPEG multicast multiplexing number of cells out-of-band signaling outgoing link output buffering output port Packet Switching parameters path performance quantized queue queuing receiver scheme Selected Areas sender server silent periods slot speed statistical multiplexing switch architecture switch fabric switching element techniques throughput total number traffic transmission transmitted transport protocol values virtual circuit voice