Title :
Issues in implementing a public metropolitan area network
Author :
Cranfill, Caroline
Abstract :
The author defines a metropolitan area network and establishes one possible approach to metropolitan area networking. She discusses goals, strategies, current and future technologies, markets, and the issues related to the evolution from MANs to broadband integrated services digital networks
Keywords :
ISDN; broadband networks; computer networks; B-ISDN; MAN; broadband integrated services digital networks; evolution; goals; markets; metropolitan area networking; public metropolitan area network; strategies; technologies; Computer aided manufacturing; File servers; Intelligent networks; Local area networks; Metropolitan area networks; Microcomputers; Optical fiber LAN; Personal communication networks; Urban areas; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1990. ICC '90, Including Supercomm Technical Sessions. SUPERCOMM/ICC '90. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1990.117328
