Architecture and design of an open systems LAN/WAN gateway

Author

Johannsen, W. ; Lamersdorf, W. ; Reinhardt, K.

Author_Institution

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Univ., Frankfurt am Main, West Germany

fYear

1988

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

119

Abstract

The authors report on architectural alternatives and an implementation design of an open systems LAN/WAN (local area network/wide-area network) gateway which connects a private (IBM token ring) LAN with a open WAN based on a public X.25 packet-layer protocol. The gateway design applies and generalizes the ideas underlying the ISO Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model for heterogeneous communication networks. The gateway presented is currently implemented in a project which supports distributed data-intensive applications in a heterogeneous LAN and WAN configuration.<>

Keywords

computer interfaces; computer networks; local area networks; IBM token ring; architectural alternatives; distributed data-intensive applications; heterogeneous communication networks; local area network; open systems LAN/WAN gateway; public X.25 packet-layer protocol; reference model; wide-area network; Application software; Computer networks; Databases; ISO standards; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Open systems; Protocols; Token networks; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Networking Symposium, 1988., Proceedings of the

Conference_Location

Washington, DC, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0835-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CNS.1988.4987

Filename

4987