A performance evaluation of connectionless overlay networks for ATM

Author

Schuba, Marko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Aachen Univ. of Technol., Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

7-12 Apr 1997

Firstpage

152

Abstract

Introducing the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) causes a backwards compatibility problem, because ATM is connection-oriented whereas most of today´s LANs are connectionless. Interconnection can be achieved by the use of connectionless servers (CLS). These servers together with a number of preestablished virtual circuits form a connectionless overlay network on top of ATM. In this paper we evaluate overlay networks that differ in number location and interconnection of CLSs by computation of mean cell delay and link load

Keywords

LAN interconnection; asynchronous transfer mode; delays; optimisation; telecommunication network routing; ATM; LANs; asynchronous transfer mode; backwards compatibility problem; connectionless overlay networks; connectionless servers; interconnection; link load; mean cell delay; number location; performance evaluation; virtual circuits; Asynchronous transfer mode; Computer networks; Delay; Integrated circuit interconnections; LAN emulation; LAN interconnection; Network servers; Protocols; Standardization; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '97. Sixteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Driving the Information Revolution., Proceedings IEEE

Conference_Location

Kobe

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7780-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1997.635125

Filename

635125