ATM without strings: an overview of wireless ATM

Author

Krishnakumar, A.S.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Nieuwegein, Netherlands

fYear

1996

fDate

19-21 Feb 1996

Firstpage

216

Lastpage

221

Abstract

A majority of applications in the near-future are expected to be multimedia-capable. One of the enabling technologies for this to happen is asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networking. In addition, the exploding use of mobile terminals-laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) etc.-means there will be more demand to extend these multimedia-capable applications to the mobile terminal. This requires the extension of ATM technology to high-speed wireless communications (>20 Mbps). This is an active area of research around the world. This article describes the technical challenges posed by wireless ATM networking and gives an overview of wireless ATM efforts under way, focusing on specific research projects in the USA and Europe

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; internetworking; land mobile radio; radio networks; 20 Mbit/s; ATM networking; Europe; USA; asynchronous transfer mode; high-speed wireless communications; internetworking; laptop computers; mobile terminals; multimedia; personal digital assistants; research projects; wireless ATM; Application software; Asynchronous transfer mode; Computer networks; Data communication; Europe; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistants; Portable computers; Switches; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal Wireless Communications, 1996., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3177-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPWC.1996.494271

Filename

494271