The advent of Information Highways has recently been heralded as the next generation of communication networks. Consensus has it that these highways will be based on ATM networks. However, despite the tremendous progress in the development of ATM technology, there are still many problems to resolve, such as bandwidth allocation, congestion control and quality of service. The emphasis of this publication is on high speed networks and it addresses many of these problems. Contributions, sourced from experts across the field, are organized around the following topics: high speed LANs and MANs, performance of ATM switch architectures, congestion control and error recovery, quality of service, protocols, protocol measurements and implementation, and ATM motivated queueing theory.
Part 1 High speed LANs and MANs: analytical modelling and performance of
dual-bus high-speed networks under the adaptive cycle cell insertion (ACCI)
protocol, L.F.M. de Moraes and R.C.A. Ferreira; schemes for slot reuse in
CRMA, O. Sharon and A. Segall; performance of the co-operative random token
protocol for high-speed radio LANs, J. Konorski et al. Part 2 ATM switches:
performance analysis of an ATM switching node with three-state Markovian
traffic generators and random spacing, Y. Xiong and B. Steyaert; the
departure process of a finite capacity polling system with bursty and
correlated input traffic, Y.F. Jou et al; route discovery in multistage
switch fabrics, A. Herkersdorf et al. Part 3 Congestion control and error
recovery: discrete-time analysis of adaptive rate control mechanisms, E.
Altman et al; a lost cell recovery technique using convolutional coding at
the ATM adaptation layer in B-ISDN/ATM, A. Dholakia et al. Part 4 Quality of
service I: estimating packet (L3_PDU) loss probabilities from cell (L2_PDU)
loss probabilities for networks supporting the SMDS service, F.Y.S. Lin and
J.C. Lu; on the cell loss distribution of protocol data units in ATM
networks, H. Yamashita and R.O. Onvural. Part 5 Quality of service II: a
study of the jitter in ATM multiplexers, C. Bisdikian et al. Part 6
Protocols: performance of frame relay services on ATM networks, L. Fratta et
al; a medium access control protocol for an ATM access network, O. Casals et
al. Part 7 Protocol measurements and implementation: protocol performance
measurements in a heterogeneous network environment, C. Fan and R. Ruppelt;
protocol processing in communication subsystems for high speed networks, D.N.
Serpanos. Part 8 Queueing theory: stochastic fluid models for a buffer loaded
by Markov modulated traffic with near complete decomposability
characteristics, K.P. Kontovasilis and N.M. Mitrou; approximate analysis of
discrete-time networks with or without blocking, D.D. Kouvatsos et al. (Part
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