Title :
Managing the North Carolina Information Highway
Author :
Brackett, Peter ; Damodaram, Ravi ; Chatterjee, Amalendu ; Farkouh, Stephen
Author_Institution :
BellSouth Telecommun., Atlanta, GA, USA
fDate :
28 Nov- 2 Dec 1994
Abstract :
BellSouth, GTE, and Carolina Telephone are jointly introducing the North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH) to meet the networking needs of the North Carolina state government. NCIH is a multi-vendor, multi-carrier network providing 155 Mbps SONET/ATM access to end-users. The initial applications for NCIH are distance learning and local area network (LAN) interconnection. All the above carriers are deploying Fujitsu FETEX-150 broadband switching systems (BSSs) and Northern Telecom Incorporated (NTI) multi-port control unit (MCU) switching equipment to support these applications. BellSouth staff have been working with Bellcore, Fujitsu, GTE, and Carolina Telephone to develop an operations plan for managing the NCIH. Developing a network management plan for the NCIH required intensive work in a new, undefined area. This paper provides an overview of the initial NCIH architecture and services and describes the NCIH network management approach currently being implemented by BellSouth
Keywords :
LAN interconnection; SONET; asynchronous transfer mode; computer network management; educational computing; educational technology; electronic switching systems; information networks; network interfaces; telecommunication control; telecommunication services; telecommunication switching; BellSouth; Carolina Telephone; Fujitsu FETEX-150 broadband switching systems; GTE; LAN interconnection; NCIH; NCIH architecture; NCIH services; North Carolina Information Highway; North Carolina state government; Northern Telecom Incorporated; SONET/ATM access; distance learning; local area network; multi-carrier network; multi-port control unit; multi-vendor network; network management; network management plan; switching equipment; Asynchronous transfer mode; Computer aided instruction; Control systems; Government; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Road transportation; SONET; Switching systems; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1994. GLOBECOM '94. Communications: The Global Bridge., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1820-X
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1994.513574