Title :
A novel generic gateway protection configuration applied to ATM networks
Author :
Struyve, Kris ; Velde, Bart Vande ; Demeester, Piet
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
The main purpose of this paper is to present a novel generic configuration to protect traffic against gateway failures. A gateway comprises the network resources interconnecting neighbouring sub-networks. The issue of gateway failures is relevant to both public as well as private networks where traffic may cross multiple sub-networks operated by different organisations. The proposed configuration is simple and requires only minimal co-ordination. The configuration is applied to a mesh-mesh and a ring-mesh structured ATM layer network
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; telecommunication network reliability; ATM networks; gateway failures; generic gateway protection configuration; mesh-mesh structured ATM layer network; minimal co-ordination; neighbouring sub-networks interconnection; network resources; private networks; public networks; ring-mesh structured ATM layer network; traffic protection; Asynchronous transfer mode; Broadband communication; Costs; Electric breakdown; Europe; Information technology; Protection; Spine; Switches; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1997. ICC '97 Montreal, Towards the Knowledge Millennium. 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3925-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1997.594976
