Research Catalog

Title

Advances in local and metropolitan area networks / William Stallings.

Author

Stallings, William.

Publication

Los Alamitos, CA : IEEE Computer Society Press, 1994.

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Description

x, 436 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subject

• Local area networks (Computer networks)
• Metropolitan area networks (Computer networks)
• Computer network architectures
• Computer networks > Standards

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Wireless Intraoffice Networks / K. Pahlavan -- Radio-LAN Standardization Efforts / V. Hayes -- Gigabit Local Area Networks: A Systems Perspective / H. T. Kung -- Gigabit Networking / D. E. Tolmie -- HIPPI: Simplicity Yields Success / D. Tolmie and J. Renwick -- The Emerging Gigabit Environment and the Role of Local ATM / J. B. Lyles and D. C. Swinehart -- Designing a Practical ATM LAN / E. Biagioni, E. Cooper and R. Sansom -- Media Access Control for High-Speed Local Area and Metropolitan Area Communications Networks / I. Rubin and J. E. Baker -- Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) - A Tutorial / M. S. Wolter -- Forging FDDI / F. E. Ross and J. R. Hamstra -- The IEEE 802.6 Metropolitan Area Network Distributed-Queue, Dual-Bus Protocol / J. P. Slone and A. Drinan -- The IEEE 802.6 Physical Layer Convergence Procedures / R. Brandwein, T. Cox and J. Dahl -- Switched Multimegabit Data Service / B. Lindberg -- Computer/Network Interface Design: Lessons from Arpanet and Ethernet / R. M. Metcalfe.
• Performance Considerations in Designing Network Interfaces / K. K. Ramakrishnan -- Overcoming Bottlenecks in High-Speed Transport Systems / M. Siegel, M. Williams and G. Rossler -- Host Interface Design for ATM LANs / E. Cooper, O. Menzilcioglu, R. Sansom and F. Bitz -- High-Speed Local Area Networks and Their Performance: A Survey / B. W. Abeysundara and A. E. Kamal -- Evaluating Performance of High-Speed Multiaccess Networks / M. A. Rodrigues -- An HIPPI Interconnection System / I. Chlamtac, A. Ganz and M. G. Kienzle -- A Methodological Approach to an Extensive Analysis of DQDB Performance and Fairness / M. Conti, E. Gregori and L. Lenzini -- Comparison of DQDB and FDDI MAC Access Protocols / S. Ghani and M. Schwartz -- On the Validity of Assumptions Used to Model Local Area Networks / W. R. Smith and R. Y. Kain -- Transparent Interconnection of Incompatible Local Area Networks Using Bridges / G. Varghese and R. Perlman -- Source Routing Addresses Token Net Bridging Needs / E. Thiele.
• Why A New Standard / Netronix -- The IBM 8209 LAN Bridge / A. Latif, E. J. Rowlance and R. H. Adams -- Evaluating MAC-Layer Bridges - Beyond Filtering and Forwarding / J. B. Rickert, Jr. -- Interworking IEEE 802/FDDI LAN's Via the ISDN Frame Relay Bearer Service / P. Marsden -- Internetworking with ATM WANs / J. D. Cavanaugh and T. J. Salo.

ISBN

0818650427

LCCN

93035716

OCLC

ocm28889845

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries