ATM switching and IP routing integration: the next stage in Internet evolution

Author

White, Paul Patrick

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Coll. London, UK

fYear

1997

fDate

2-4 Dec 1997

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

16

Abstract

User demand for more bandwidth and QoS support has fuelled interest in the use of ATM as an underlying link-layer technology in the Internet. The challenge is how best to exploit the potential benefits of ATM while maintaining the inherent strengths of the IP layer that have made the Internet so successful. The suitability of various schemes with regard to meeting these goals is described. In particular we focus on work that tightly integrates the IP and ATM layers to produce hybrid (or integrated) ATM switch/IP routers with very favourable characteristics

Keywords

Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; ATM switching; IP routing integration; Internet evolution; QoS support; bandwidth; hybrid ATM switch/IP routers; quality of service; underlying link-layer technology; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Delay; IP networks; Internet; Quality of service; Routing; Switches; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Broadband Switching Systems Proceedings, 1997. IEEE BSS '97., 1997 2nd IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Taiwan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4443-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BSS.1997.658883

Filename

658883