Title :
Building multi-way gateways for local area networks
Author :
Yang, Cui-Qing ; Yang, Chao-Chih ; Xu, Guohong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
Abstract :
A method is proposed for constructing multiway gateways to interconnect several local area networks (LANs) or wide area networks (WANs) and provide gateway services among them. A multiway gateway accommodates intercommunications between networks whose subnet protocols may differ and whose locations may be geographically dispersed, and has advantages of flexibility and efficiency. The proposed approach uses the concept of remote gateways, in which the functionality of a gateway is partitioned into two separate modules (local and remote), and a dedicated communication link connects these two parts. A description is given of the concept of a remote gateway and the approach used to construct multiway gateways based on them. The design issues for a multiway gateway and possible applications to network management are also addressed
Keywords :
local area networks; telecommunication network management; LAN; WAN; dedicated communication link; design; gateway services; local area networks; multiway gateways; network management; protocols; remote gateways; wide area networks; Bridges; Buildings; Chaotic communication; Computer science; Joining processes; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Protocols; Switches; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1989., Proceedings 14th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mineapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1968-6
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1989.65272