Broadband Communications: Global 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