Hybrid approach for the design of a broadband local area network

Author

Listanti, M. ; Pacifici, G. ; Roveri, A. ; Winkler, R.

Author_Institution

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Roma, Italy

fYear

1988

fDate

21-23 Jun 1988

Firstpage

81

Lastpage

86

Abstract

Present a new broadband LAN/MAN architecture, called INFONET. INFONET is based on a unidirectional bus physical topology. In this structure each type of traffic uses a different logical topology and a different transfer technique as well. For isochronous traffic (V traffic) e.g. video and PCM voice, a synchronous transfer mode, operating on a logical ring structure, has been selected; whereas a logical bus topology and ATM are associated with the nonisochronous traffic (D traffic) e.g. data and packetized voice. The main characteristics of INFONET are presented, and details on implementation of synchronous and asynchronous transfer modes (ATM) in the network structure are discussed. The main features of the medium access procedures and results of a performance evaluation study are also presented

Keywords

broadband networks; local area networks; D traffic; INFONET; MAN; PCM voice; V traffic; asynchronous transfer modes; broadband LAN; broadband local area network; data communication; hybrid network; isochronous traffic; logical bus topology; logical ring structure; medium access procedures; metropolitan area network; network architecture; nonisochronous traffic; packetised voice; performance evaluation study; synchronous transfer mode; transfer technique; unidirectional bus physical topology; video;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Private Switching Systems and Networks, 1988., International Conference on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

Filename

10279