ATM access network architecture

Author

Maeda, Youichi ; Kikuchi, Katsuaki ; Tokura, Nobuyuki

Author_Institution

NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Yokosuka, Japan

fYear

1991

fDate

23-26 Jun 1991

Firstpage

687

Abstract

The requirements of the ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) access network architecture, its physical and logical network configurations and its OAM (operation and maintenance) architecture are described. A topology that layers ring/star networks and star networks is proposed for the physical network configuration to allow access network evolution. Virtual path networking based on service separation is proposed for the logical network configuration in order to establish integrated and flexible access networks. Some application examples of virtual path usage in the network are also described. The OAM functional configuration is shown

Keywords

maintenance engineering; telecommunication networks; time division multiplexing; ATM; B-ISDN; OAM architecture; access network architecture; asynchronous transfer mode; functional configuration; logical network configurations; network topology; operation and maintenance; physical network configuration; ring/star networks; service separation; star networks; virtual path networking; virtual path usage; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Bit rate; Central office; High speed optical techniques; Laboratories; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Power cables; Road transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1991. ICC '91, Conference Record. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0006-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1991.162450

Filename

162450