Total Area Networking ATM, IP, Frame Relay and SMDS Explained,9780471984641

Total Area Networking ATM, IP, Frame Relay and SMDS Explained

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780471984641
ISBN10: 0471984647
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-01-07
Publisher(s): WILEY
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Summary

Essential reading for a wide ranging audience, including professionals involved in the planning and implementation of information systems, undergraduate and postgraduate students of computer science, electrical engineering and telecommunications.

Author Biography

John Atkins is the author of Total Area Networking: ATM, IP, Frame Relay and SMDS Explained, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Mark Norris is the author of Total Area Networking: ATM, IP, Frame Relay and SMDS Explained, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface ix(2)
Foreword xi(2)
About the Authors xiii(2)
Acknowledgements xv
1 The Information Age
1(14)
1.1 The Impact of the Information Age
3(1)
1.2 Value Seekers and Economy Seekers
4(2)
1.3 Convergence and Collision
6(2)
1.4 The Magnificent Seven
8(3)
1.5 Preparing for Superconnectivity
11(2)
1.6 Summary
13(1)
References
13(2)
2 The Total Area Network
15(28)
2.1 The Story So Far
16(3)
2.2 Trends and Drivers
19(6)
2.3 The World Wide Web
25(4)
2.4 The Information-Intensive Marketplace
29(3)
2.5 Virtual Organisations
32(3)
2.6 Parts of the Jigsaw
35(4)
2.7 Convergence and Collision Revisited
39(1)
2.8 Summary
39(1)
References
40(3)
3 Frame Relay
43(22)
3.1 The ISDN
43(2)
3.2 Frame Relay as an ISDN Bearer Service
45(8)
3.3 The Frame Relay Data Transmission Service
53(8)
3.4 Summary
61(1)
References
62(3)
4 Switched Multi-Megabit Data Service (SMDS)
65(26)
4.1 The Basics of SMDS
66(8)
4.2 Completing the Picture
74(11)
4.3 Early SMDS Implementations
85(3)
4.4 Summary
88(1)
References
89(2)
5 Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
91(38)
5.1 The Basics of ATM
92(13)
5.2 Completing the Picture
105(15)
5.3 SMDS and Frame Relay over ATM
120(5)
5.4 ATM in Local Area Networks
125(2)
5.5 Summary
127(1)
References
128(1)
6 A Telecommunications View of the Total Area Network
129(28)
6.1 Signalling in the Network--CCSS7
130(5)
6.2 The Transition to the Intelligent Network
135(1)
6.3 IN Architecture and Terminology
136(4)
6.4 Examples of IN Services
140(8)
6.5 Service Management and Creation in the IN
148(2)
6.6 Centralised vs Distributed Intelligence
150(3)
6.7 Summary
153(2)
References
155(2)
7 A Computing View of the Total Area Network
157(18)
7.1 Intranet Basics
158(2)
7.2 Applications and Operations
160(3)
7.3 The Technology Used
163(1)
7.4 Security
164(2)
7.5 Management
166(3)
7.6 Practical Options
169(3)
7.7 Summary
172(1)
References
172(3)
8 Network Management
175(24)
8.1 Typical Networks
176(2)
8.2 The Network as a Resource
178(2)
8.3 Aim 1--Early Detection
180(1)
8.4 Aim 2--Clearly Defined Network Management Concepts
180(2)
8.5 Aim 3--Network Management Standards
182(4)
8.6 Practicality 1--A Network Strategy
186(1)
8.7 Practicality 2--Management Organisation Structure
187(1)
8.8 Practicality 3--A Management System Strategy
188(1)
8.9 Practicality 4--Automation
189(7)
8.10 Summary
196(1)
References
196(3)
9 Survival in the Information Jungle
199(12)
9.1 The Shape of Things to Come
199(3)
9.2 Horses for Courses
202(5)
9.3 Survival in the Information Jungle
207(1)
9.4 Into Cyberspace
208(1)
References
209(2)
Appendix 1 Data Communications--Some Basic Concepts and Standards
211(20)
A1.1 Packet Switching
212(3)
A1.2 The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model
215(2)
A1.3 X.25: The International Standard for Packet Data Services
217(6)
A1.4 Local Area Networks (LANs)
223(4)
A1.5 LAN Interconnection
227(2)
References
229(2)
Appendix 2 Distributed Computing--Some Basic Concepts and Standards
231(32)
A2.1 Distributed Processing
233(6)
A2.2 The Concepts and Approaches for Meeting the Challenge
239(8)
A2.3 The Guiding Architectures
247(9)
A2.4 Groupware--the People Side of Distributed Processing
256(5)
References
261(2)
Appendix 3 The Future of Network Supply and Operation
263(20)
A3.1 The Forces that will Shape the Future
265(2)
A3.2 The Here and Now
267(2)
A3.3 The Network of the Future
269(1)
A3.4 Access--the Flexible Delivery
270(2)
A3.5 Transmission--the Heart of the Matter
272(1)
A3.6 Switching--the Route Ahead
273(3)
A3.7 Intelligence--the Thinking Network
276(2)
A3.8 Management--Maintaining the Edge
278(1)
A3.9 Two Snapshots
279(1)
A3.10 Summary
280(1)
References
281(2)
Glossary 283(24)
Index 307

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