Title :
Wireless ATM LAN with and without infrastructure
Author :
Du, Y. ; Herrmann, C. ; May, P. ; Hulyalkar, S.N. ; Evans, David
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Lab., Aachen, Germany
Abstract :
A wireless ATM LAN framework architecture designed to support wireless ATM communications in environments with and without fixed ATM infrastructure is described. For the configuration with ATM infrastructure a distributed ATM switching backbone is proposed, which allows a smart ATM switching element to be embedded into the wireless access point. The same embedded ATM switch technique is used to realise forwarding and interworking nodes in an adhoc wireless ATM LAN which is proposed to combat the weakness of CSMA-based systems such as HIPERLAN and IEEE802.11
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; carrier sense multiple access; land mobile radio; wireless LAN; CSMA-based systems; HIPERLAN; IEEE802.11; architecture; configuration; distributed ATM switching backbone; embedded ATM switch; forwarding nodes; infrastructure; interworking nodes; smart ATM switching element; wireless ATM LAN; wireless access point; Communication standards; Europe; Femtocell networks; Laboratories; Local area networks; Mobile communication; Multimedia systems; Spine; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;
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
DOI :
10.1109/BSS.1997.658914
