SMDS technology test results and issues

Author

Liu, Frank ; Mizer, Richard ; Rudik, Mike ; Yuan, Chin

Author_Institution

Pacific Bell, San Ramon, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

23-26 May 1993

Firstpage

661

Abstract

Pacific Bell´s Switched Multi-megabit Data Service (SMDS) technology test conducted in 1991 and early 1992 is described. The test was divided into four areas: a Pacific Bell laboratory test, a Stanford University trial, a commercial customer technology test, and a Pacific Bell internal beta trial. The testbed consisted of four SMDS switches, DS1 and DS3 trunks between the switches, and 21 end-user SMDS DS1 access links in more than 25 different sites. The test results were extremely favorable. The SMDS features are: high-speed access; cost sharing public packet switched network; inter-enterprise data communications; standard customer premises equipment (CPE) interfaces for network access; security enforced by address screening and validation; logical private network (closed user group) implementation within the public network; and minimization of user network administration and maintenance

Keywords

business communication; data communication; network interfaces; packet switching; switched networks; telecommunication equipment testing; test facilities; wide area networks; Pacific Bell; SMDS; Switched Multi-megabit Data Service; address screening; closed user group; commercial customer technology test; cost sharing public packet switched network; customer premises equipment; inter-enterprise data communications; laboratory test; logical private network; security; test results; testbed; validation; Access protocols; Communication switching; Costs; DSL; Data communication; Packet switching; Sun; Switches; Testing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0950-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1993.397357

Filename

397357