High-Capacity Local and Metropolitan Area Networks :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
Architecture and Performance Issues
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Guy Pujolle.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1991
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(ix, 536 pages 273 illustrations)
SERIES
Series Title
NATO ASI series., Series F,, Computer and systems sciences ;, 72.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Architecture of High-Speed LANs and MANs --; The Medium Access Control --; First Experiences in High-Speed LANs --; Metropolitan Area Networks --; DQDB --; Performance of ATM Techniques --; New Trends in High-Speed Communications --; Performance Issues --; Gateways --; Control in High-Speed Networks.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The state of the art and the latest advances in high-speed Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LAN/ MAN) are reviewed and discussed in the workshop papers presented in this volume originating from a NATO Advanced Research Workshop. The first generation LANs had throughputs of 1-20 Mbit/sec. The second generation allowed throughputs of 100-200 Mbit/sec. The third generation will have throughputs of 1-10 Gbit/sec. The possibility of all-optical networks in the future is being examined. Using such a high-speed network it will be feasible to distribute high-quality video to the home, to carry out rapid retrieval of radiological and other scientific images, and to enable multi-media conferencing between various parties. Despite the complexity of the field, this book attempts to cover all the aspects in order to give as complete and accurate a picture as possible.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Architecture and Performance Issues of High-Capacity Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, held in Sophia Antipolis, France, June 25-27, 1990