Architecture and Protocols for High-Speed Networks

✍ Scribed by Z. L. Budrikis, A. Cantoni, J. L. Hullett (auth.), Otto Spaniol, André Danthine, Wolfgang Effelsberg (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 297
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Multimedia data streams will form a major part of the new generation of applications in high-speed networks. Continuous media streams, however, require transmission with guaranteed performance. In addition, many multimedia applications will require peer-to-multipeer communication. Guaranteed performance can only be provided with resource reservation in the network, and efficient multipeer communication must be based on multicast support in the lower layers of the network.
Architecture and Protocols for High-Speed Networks focuses on techniques for building the networks that will meet the needs of these multimedia applications. In particular two areas of current research interest in such communication systems are covered in depth. These are the protocol related aspects, such as switched networks, ATM, MAC layer, network and transport layer; and the services and applications.
Architecture and Protocols for High-Speed Networks contains contributions from leading world experts, giving the most up-to-date research available. It is an essential reference for all professionals, engineers and researchers working in the area of high-speed networks.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Size and Speed Insensitive Distributed Queue Network....Pages 1-10
High Performance Access Mechanisms for Slotted Rings....Pages 11-30
Implementation and Performance Analysis of a Medium Access Control Protocol for an ATM Network....Pages 31-50
Fast Resource Management in ATM Networks....Pages 51-68
Flow Control and Switching Strategy for Preventing Congestion in Multistage Networks....Pages 69-86
Performance Modeling and Control of ATM Networks....Pages 87-110
Discrete-Time Analysis of Usage Parameter Control Functions in ATM Systems....Pages 111-131
Parallel Processing of Protocols....Pages 133-139
AMTP: Towards a High Performance and Configurable Multipeer Transfer Service....Pages 141-160
An Internetworking Architecture for Multimedia Communication Over Heterogeneous Networks....Pages 161-178
From Best Effort to Enhanced QoS....Pages 179-201
End-System QoS Management of Multimedia Applications....Pages 203-213
Supporting Continuous Media Applications in a Micro-Kernel Environment....Pages 215-234
Human Perception of Audio-Visual Skew....Pages 235-252
Cinema — An Architecture for Distributed Multimedia Applications....Pages 253-271
Application Layer Issues for Digital Movies in High-Speed Networks....Pages 273-292

✦ Subjects

Computer Communication Networks; Electrical Engineering; Systems Theory, Control; Processor Architectures