ATM-to-the-desktop: performance considerations in positioning it among emerging network technologies

Author

Rindos, Andrew ; Woolet, Steven ; O´Rourke, Christopher ; Cosby, David ; Ortiz, Zeydy ; Sents, Jerry ; Young, Kenneth ; Jotwani, Kishore ; Glekas, Jim ; Vouk, Mladen

Author_Institution

Network Hardware Div., IBM Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

4-6 Nov 1996

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

140

Abstract

In this paper, we present measured and simulated data that should allow the reader to objectively evaluate the relative performance merits of an ATM-to-the-desktop vs. switched/high-speed Ethernet networking solution. The study suggests that ATM provides the best overall performance, as both a backbone technology and end-to-end solution, because of the inherent advantage of fixed size ATM cell switching over variable sized Ethernet frame switching. However, it must be emphasized that the empirical data demonstrate that both technologies deliver excellent performance

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; local area networks; performance evaluation; ATM-to-the-desktop; emerging network technologies; performance considerations; switched/high-speed Ethernet networking solution; Application software; Asynchronous transfer mode; Ethernet networks; Explosives; Intelligent networks; Local area networks; Spine; Switches; Throughput; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Northcon/96

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3277-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NORTHC.1996.564780

Filename

564780