Title :
3M/US West SMDS trial
Author :
Bumblis, Joseph R.
Author_Institution :
3M, St. Paul, MN, USA
Abstract :
SMDS, a switched multimegabit data service that addresses metropolitan area network (MAN) and wide-area network (WAN) solutions, is discussed. A trial network and the results of its testing are described
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; wide area networks; 3M/US West SMDS trial; metropolitan area network; switched multimegabit data service; wide-area network; Bandwidth; Carrier confinement; FDDI; Fault tolerance; Metropolitan area networks; Paper technology; Queueing analysis; Surface-mount technology; Testing; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1992. Proceedings., 17th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3095-7
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1992.228122
