Broadband communications : global infrastructure for the information age : proceedings of the International IFIP-IEEE Conference on Broadband Communications, Canada, 1996

Broadband communications is widely recognized as one of the most revolutionary emerging technologies of the last decade of the 20th century. This book provides a comprehensive snapshot of leading-edge research across a structured set of topics vital to broadband communications infrastructure for the information age. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Determination of Traffic Descriptors for VPs Carrying Delay-Sensitive Traffic....Pages 3-15 Specification of Cell Dispersion in ATM Networks....Pages 16-27 Long Range Correlation in Multiplexed Pareto Traffic....Pages 28-39 Correlation properties of MPEG VBR video sources: Relative importance of short and medium term correlation on ATM multiplexer performance....Pages 40-51 On the Relevance of Long Term Correlation in MPEG-1 Video Traffic....Pages 52-63 Multiple Time Scales and Subexponentiality in MPEG Video Streams....Pages 64-75 A Combined Fast-Routing and Bandwidth-Reservation Algorithm for ATM Networks....Pages 76-87 A Fast Routing and Bandwidth Management Method in ATM Networks....Pages 88-98 Admission Control and Dynamic Routing Schemes for Wide-Area Broadband Networks: Their Interaction and Network Performance....Pages 99-110 Dynamics of an Explicit Rate Allocation Algorithm for ATM Networks....Pages 111-122 Comparison of ER and EFCI Flow Control Schemes for ABR Service in Wide Area Networks....Pages 123-134 Effect of Bursty Source Traffic on Rate-Based ABR Congestion Control Schemes....Pages 135-146 Refinements to Rate-Based Flow Control with Extensions to Multidrop Applications....Pages 147-160 A Minimal-Buffer Loss-Free Flow Control Protocol for ATM Networks....Pages 161-172 Flow Control Mechanisms for SAAL Links....Pages 173-184 A Traffic Management Framework for ATM Networks....Pages 185-198 Congestion Control in a Constrained-Worst-Case Framework....Pages 199-210 Performance Analysis of a Fuzzy System in the Policing of Packetized Voice Sources....Pages 211-222 Virtual Network Concept and Its Applications for Resource Management in ATM Based Networks....Pages 223-234 Some Traffic Aspects in Virtual Private Networks over ATM....Pages 235-246 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Statistical Resource Allocation and Pricing in Broadband Communication Networks....Pages 247-258 Degradation Effect of Cell Loss on Speech Quality Over ATM Networks....Pages 259-270 Shuffle vs. Kautz/De Bruijn Logical Topologies for Multihop Networks: a Throughput Comparison....Pages 271-282 Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol (SSCOP) with no credit limitation....Pages 283-293 Window based estimation of the intensity of a doubly stochastic Poisson process....Pages 294-305 Efficient Estimation of Cell Loss Probability in ATM multiplexers with a Fuzzy Logic System....Pages 306-317 Front Matter....Pages 321-321 A TDMA Based Access Control Scheme for an ATM Passive Optical Tree Network....Pages 323-332 The Super-PON concept and its technical challenges....Pages 333-345 Satellite full mesh ATM LAN: interconnection, satellite access scheme, signaling and performance....Pages 346-357 Fair Prioritized Scheduling in an Input-Buffered Switch....Pages 358-369 Fair and Flexible Contention Resolution for Input Buffered ATM Switches Based on LAN Medium Access Control Protocols....Pages 370-381 Throughput Analysis of Multiple Input-Queuing in ATM Switchest....Pages 382-393 Architectural and Performance Aspects of OFDM Nodes for the Future Transport Network....Pages 394-405 Analysis of Multicasting in Photonic Transport Networks....Pages 406-417 Integrated Analog Switch Matrix With Large Input Signal and 46dB Isolation at 1GHz....Pages 418-429 Current and Advanced Protocols over ATM: Evaluation, Implementation and Experiences....Pages 430-442 Multi connection TCP mechanism for high performance transport in an ATM Network....Pages 443-454 Two Heuristics for Multicasting in ATM Networks....Pages 455-466 Traffic Engineering for VBR Video with Long-Range Dependence....Pages 467-476 An Efficiency Prediction Method for ATM Multiplexers....Pages 477-488 Front Matter....Pages 321-321 Buffer dimensioning for rate adaption modules....Pages 489-500 A Diameter Based Method for Virtual Path Layout in ATM Networks....Pages 501-512 Principles of ATM Topology Design and Cost Modeling....Pages 513-524 On the Joint Topological, Dimensioning and Location Problem for Broadband Networks....Pages 525-536 Design and Performance Issues of Protection Virtual Path Networks....Pages 537-548 Integration of Distributed Restoration Procedures in the Control Architecture of ATM Cross-Connects....Pages 549-560 Reliability and Performance Analyses of Balanced Gamma Network for use in Broadband Communication Switch Fabrics....Pages 561-572 ATM-based optical access network toward multimedia era....Pages 573-583 BADLABTM - A Canadian Broadband Applications and Demonstration Testbed at the Communications Research Centre....Pages 584-595 Traffic Management and Priority Control in an ATM Test-Bed....Pages 596-607 Service Clock Recovering in CBR Services: Adaptive vs SRTS....Pages 608-616 Clock Recovery for Circuit Emulation Services over ATM....Pages 617-625 Back Matter....Pages 626-629