High-speed networks of the future some research issues to be addressed

In this talk we discuss the ATM-based high speed networks of the future and multimedia applications expected to be distributed over them. Included among the bandwidth -intensive traffic to be handled are video and high-resolution .,. images. Characterization of this traffic is necessary to ensure network control and appropriate traffic quality-of-service (OOS) are mentioned. These networks will be required to interface with much lower bandwidth wireless networks. This talk focuses on a number of research issues that must be addressed to have network users experience "seamless communication" end to-end. These include the design of multimedia multipoint communication protocols as well as issues of network management and control.