Xunet 2: a nationwide testbed in high-speed networking

Author

Fraser, A.G. ; Kalmanek, C.R. ; Kaplan, A.E. ; Marshall, W.T. ; Restrick, R.C.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

4-8 May 1992

Firstpage

582

Abstract

Xunet 2 is an experimental wide-area network that serves as a testbed for research on data communications techniques. The authors provide an overview of the architecture of the Xunet 2 testbed. Xunet 2 has three principal components: routers, switches and network management systems. Long-haul transmission between them will initially use DS3 facilities. Performance objectives for the backbone have been set to cover a wide range of transmission speeds. Each router attaches a local area network to the backbone network. The backbone network provides virtual circuit connectivity between the routers. Circuit setup and teardown is done by a control computer associated with each switch, and the network as a whole will be managed by a network management station in the network operations center

Keywords

computer testing; performance evaluation; test facilities; wide area networks; Xunet 2; architecture; backbone network; experimental wide-area network; high-speed networking; local area network; nationwide testbed; network management systems; routers; switches; virtual circuit connectivity; Circuits; Communication switching; Computer network management; Computer networks; Data communication; High-speed networks; Local area networks; Spine; Switches; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '92. Eleventh Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies, IEEE

Conference_Location

Florence

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0602-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1992.263452

Filename

263452