ATM local area networks: a survey of requirements, architectures, and standards

Author

Akyildiz, Ian F. ; Bernhardt, Keith L.

Author_Institution

Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

35

Issue

7

fYear

1997

fDate

7/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

80

Abstract

There is increasing interest in deploying ATM technology in local or campus networks. ATM is an ideal technology to overcome many of the limitations of today´s LAN technologies. This article focuses on the application of ATM in the LAN environment to interconnect high-end host computers, and on the interworking of ATM-based LANs with legacy LANs. The authors introduce ATM LAN requirements, followed by a discussion of possible ATM LAN architectures to support these requirements. The article then covers current standards and their relation to the possible architectures, and concludes with a discussion of current ATM LAN issues and directions

Keywords

LAN interconnection; asynchronous transfer mode; local area networks; telecommunication standards; ATM LAN architectures; ATM LAN requirements; ATM local area networks; ATM technology; LAN technologies; campus networks; high-end host computers; interworking; legacy LAN; standards; survey; Application software; Bandwidth; Bridges; Broadcast technology; Broadcasting; Computer architecture; Ethernet networks; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Multicast protocols; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.601745

Filename

601745