An internetworking architecture for integrated voice and data communications

Author

Mirchandani, Vinod ; Ever, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Melbourne, Vic., Australia

fYear

1994

fDate

22-26 Aug 1994

Firstpage

749

Abstract

Recent improvements in the performance of computers together with efficient data compression techniques are envisaged to provide a major impetus for the proliferation of voice and data integration on IEEE 802 LANs. In this paper, we propose a distributed communications network architecture, based on an ATM switch fabric for internetworking IEEE 802.3 and 802.5 LANs. The proposed ATM network would have the capability to offer integrated isochronous and asynchronous data services. In addition, a scheme to distinguish between the isochronous and asynchronous data in the internetworking unit has been proposed, so as to manage the transfer of time-constrained voice packets over the network

Keywords

IEEE standards; ISDN; LAN interconnection; asynchronous transfer mode; data compression; internetworking; packet switching; telecommunication standards; telecommunication switching; ATM network; ATM switch fabric; IEEE 802.3 LAN; IEEE 802.5 LAN; asynchronous data services; data compression techniques; distributed communications network architecture; integrated voice/data communications; internetworking architecture; isochronous data services; packet transfer; time constrained voice packets; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bridges; Communication switching; Data communication; Fabrics; Internetworking; Local area networks; Network topology; Spine; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON '94. IEEE Region 10's Ninth Annual International Conference. Theme: Frontiers of Computer Technology. Proceedings of 1994

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1862-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.1994.369212

Filename

369212