Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks

Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN) is conceived as an all-purpose digital network supporting interactive and distributive services, bursty and continuous traffic, connection-oriented and connectionless services, all in the same network. The concepts of ISDN in general and B-ISDN in particular have been evolving since CCIIT adopted the rrrst set ofISDN recommendations in 1984. Thirteen recommendations outlining the fundamental principles and initial specifications for B-ISDN were approved in 1990, with Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) being the transfer mode of choice for B-ISDN. It seems fair to say that B-ISDN concepts have changed the face of networking. The expertise we have developed for a century on telephone systems and over a number of decades on packet networks is proving to be insufficient to deploy and operate the envisioned B-ISDNs. Much more needs to be understood and satisfactorily addressed before ATM networks can become a reality. Tricomm'93 is dedicated to A TM networks. The technical program consists of invited papers addressing a large subset of issues of practical importance in the deployment of ATM networks. This is the sixth in a series of Research Triangle Conferences on Computer Communications, which emerged through the efforts of the local chapter of IEEE Communications Society. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Some Obstacles on the Road to ATM....Pages 1-13 Electropolitical Correctness and High-Speed Networking or why ATM is Like a Nose....Pages 15-20 An Overview of the ATM Forum and the Traffic Management Activities....Pages 21-29 Communication Subsystems for High Speed Networks: ATM Requirements....Pages 31-38 SMDS and Frame Relay: Two Different Paths toward one Destination, Broadband Communications....Pages 39-48 ATM Systems in Support of B-ISDN, Frame Relay, and SMDS Services....Pages 49-54 Approaching B-ISDN: An Overview of ATM and DQDB....Pages 55-73 On Transport Systems for ATM Networks....Pages 75-87 XTP Bucket Error Control: Enhancement and Performance Analysis....Pages 89-105 Congestion Control Mechanisms for ATM Networks....Pages 107-122 Highly-Bursty Sources and their Admission Control in ATM Networks....Pages 123-133 A user Relief Approach to Congestion Control in ATM Networks....Pages 135-155 Space Priority Buffer Management for ATM Networks....Pages 157-166 Assignable Grade of Service using Time Dependent Priorities — N Classes....Pages 167-177 A Review of Video Sources in ATM Networks....Pages 179-186 Multimedia Networking Performance Requirements....Pages 187-197 Traffic Measurements on Hippi Links in a Supercomputing Environment....Pages 199-224 Back Matter....Pages 225-228 Proceedings of TRICOMM '93 held in Raleigh, North Carolina, April 26-27, 1993