Building networks for the wide and local areas using asynchronous transfer mode switches and synchronous optical network technology

Author

Naegle, John H. ; Gossage, Steven A. ; Testi, Nicholas ; Vahle, Michael O. ; Maestas, Joseph H.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

13

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

662

Lastpage

672

Abstract

Sandia National Laboratories is using a set of evolving technologies to develop a standards-based approach to wide- and local-area networking, which offers the potential of gigabit speeds. In particular, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switches and synchronous optical network (SONET) technologies were used to build a supercomputing network between its California and New Mexico sites and now is being deployed in the local-area environment. The progress of these endeavors and the lessons learned are discussed

Keywords

SONET; asynchronous transfer mode; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre communication; wide area networks; ATM switches; California; New Mexico; SONET; Sandia National Laboratories; asynchronous transfer mode switches; gigabit speeds; local-area networking; supercomputing network; synchronous optical network; wide-area networking; Asynchronous transfer mode; Laboratories; Nuclear weapons; Optical fiber LAN; Optical switches; Research and development; SONET; Supercomputers; Testing; US Department of Energy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.382157

Filename

382157