Traffic experiments on the vBNS wide area ATM network

Author

Banerjee, Sujata ; Tipper, David ; Weiss, B. H Martin ; Khalil, Anis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun., Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA

Volume

35

Issue

8

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

126

Lastpage

133

Abstract

As asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks move from the design phase to the deployment phase, several theoretical assumptions and hypotheses made in the research literature can be evaluated. Experimental validation and verification is an essential component in the overall development of any novel technology. In this article the authors report the results of several controlled experiments measuring the transport of traffic in a wide area ATM network: the very high-speed backbone network service (vBNS). We illustrate how the characteristics of a tagged traffic stream change as the traffic traverses the network. Also, IP applications traffic is characterized at the ATM level. Lastly, we comment on the validity of theoretical assumptions often made in the research literature

Keywords

Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; telecommunication traffic; wide area networks; IP applications traffic; Internet protocol traffic; asynchronous transfer mode; tagged traffic stream; transport; vBNS wide area ATM network; validation; verification; very high-speed backbone network service; Area measurement; Asynchronous transfer mode; Character generation; Communication system traffic control; Delay effects; High-speed networks; Quality of service; Supercomputers; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.606040

Filename

606040