Title :
Broadband applications characterization
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Broadband networking refers to data transmission at rates above 2 Mb/s and up to 600 Mb/s from the customer interface. Today´s local area networks are evolving towards fiber distributed data interface (FDDI) at 100 Mb/s and metropolitan area networks based on IEEE 802.6. The integrated services digital network (ISDN) is expected to evolve towards broadband ISDN by the middle of 1990. The applications of these high speed networks though generally known are not well understood. The author has identified, described, and classified some potential broadband applications. A general framework for characterizing these applications is described. The focus is on the data applications
Keywords :
ISDN; broadband networks; computer networks; optical links; token networks; 2 to 600 Mbit/s; B-ISDN; FDDI; IEEE 802.6; MAN; broadband ISDN; broadband applications; customer interface; data transmission; fiber distributed data interface; high speed networks; integrated services digital network; local area networks; metropolitan area networks; Application software; B-ISDN; Bandwidth; Data communication; Delay; FDDI; Humans; ISDN; Local area networks; Metropolitan area networks;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON '89. Fourth IEEE Region 10 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Bombay
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1989.177037
