Interworking between frame relay and broadband ISDN

Author

Kapoor, R.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

27-30 Mar 1991

Firstpage

546

Lastpage

551

Abstract

The author discusses the interworking between frame relay and broadband integrated services digital networks (B-ISDNs), including switched multi-megabit data service (SMDS) networks. Frame relay and B-ISDN are being aggressively defined in ANSI and CCITT. Frame relay has emerged as one of the packet technologies in the US for fractional T1 and T1 rates. SMDS has also been defined by BellCore as a connectionless service based on broadband transport. Because of evolutionary considerations, differences in performance characteristics, similarity in technology, and potentially common markets served, these technologies will have to coexist for some time. There will be a need for interworking between these kinds of networks, so smooth evolution can occur

Keywords

ISDN; broadband networks; computer networks; packet switching; standards; ANSI; BellCore; CCITT; broadband ISDN; broadband transport; connectionless service; fractional T1 rates; frame relay ISDN; interworking; packet technologies; switched multi-megabit data service; Acceleration; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Bit rate; Computer errors; Frame relay; ISDN; Protocols; SONET; Standards organizations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1991. Conference Proceedings., Tenth Annual International Phoenix Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2133-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1991.113861

Filename

113861