Title :
The use of high-speed packet switching technology for supporting switched multi-megabit data service
Author :
Chen, Ben-Ren ; Dobrowski, George H.
Author_Institution :
Bell Commun. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA
fDate :
28 Nov-1 Dec 1988
Abstract :
The authors present a brief overview of the kinds of technologies capable of supporting the switched multimegabit data service (SMDS). SMDS has been defined in a technology-independent manner and can be supported by a number of packet switching technologies, two of which are highlighted. One of them, a 150 Mb/s Metrocore prototype of a shared-medium transwitch, is currently demonstratable with switching functions distributed among nodes. The capacity of such a shared-medium network can be increased by adding parallel channels. The other, the Batcher-banyan packet switch, can support a significant amount of traffic with a more traditional centralized architecture and parallel service processors
Keywords :
data communication systems; electronic switching systems; packet switching; 150 Mbit/s; Batcher-banyan packet switch; Metrocore prototype; SMDS; high-speed packet switching technology; nodes; parallel service processors; shared-medium transwitch; switched multimegabit data service; technology-independent manner; traditional centralized architecture; Application software; Availability; Communication switching; Distributed processing; Internetworking; Local area networks; Packet switching; Protocols; Telephony; Urban areas;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1988, and Exhibition. 'Communications for the Information Age.' Conference Record, GLOBECOM '88., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Hollywood, FL
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1988.25920
