NTT´s R&D and deployment activities for the information highway in Japan

Author

Suzuki, S. ; Kiyake, K.

Author_Institution

NTT Network Service Syst. Labs., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1995

fDate

28-30 Aug 1995

Firstpage

216

Lastpage

223

Abstract

Building the Information Highway has been recognized as an important element in constructing the future multimedia communication network infrastructure. This paper, reports latest research and development activities for high-speed communication technologies for the Information Highway in Japan. In particular, it discusses Asynchronous Transfer Mode based network system architecture in detail. Based on these R&D activities, deployment of the Information Highway in Japan has been initiated to provide the nationwide multimedia communication network for both commercial services and trials for new multimedia services. These activities and their targets are also discussed

Keywords

Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; internetworking; multimedia communication; research and development management; Japan; asynchronous transfer mode based network system architecture; future multimedia communication network infrastructure; high-speed communication technologies; information highway; nationwide multimedia communication network; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bit rate; Communication networks; Communications technology; Frame relay; Intelligent networks; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Research and development; Road transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems, 1995., Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Future Trends of

Conference_Location

Cheju Island

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7125-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FTDCS.1995.524988

Filename

524988