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Metropolitan Area Networks

With the continuing success of Local Area Networks (IANs), there is an increasing demand to extend their capabilities towards higher data rates and wider areas. This, together with the progress in fiber-optic technology, has given rise to the so-called Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs). MANs can spa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pellegrini, Marco, Gregori, Enrico (Author), Lenzini, Luciano (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 1997, 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
Series:Telecommunication Networks and Computer Systems
Subjects:
Computer Communication Networks
Electronic Digital Computers / Evaluation
System Performance And Evaluation
Computer Networks 
Telecommunication
Communications Engineering, Networks
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Capacity
  • 1.2 From LANs to MANs
  • 1.3 Fairness
  • 1.4 User-oriented Performance Figures
  • 1.5 Modeling of a MAN Environment
  • 1.6 Outline of Contents
  • 2 Stochastic Processes for Modeling Metropolitan Area Networks: Basic Results
  • 2.1 Queueing Models for MAN Modeling
  • 2.2 System Properties
  • 2.3 Some Results on Renewal and Regenerative Processes
  • 2.4 Work Conservation Laws
  • 2.5 Stochastic Decomposition Laws
  • 2.6 Pseudo-conservation Laws
  • 3 Methods for the Analysis of Node-In-Isolation Models
  • 3.1 M/G/l Systems
  • 3.2 M/G/l Systems with Vacation
  • 3.3 M/G/l-type Models
  • 3.4 Application of Node-in-isolation Models: Worst-case Analysis
  • 4 Methods for the Analysis of Network-Wide Models: Polling Models
  • 4.1 From Pseudo-conservation Laws to Waiting Time Analysis
  • 4.2 Numerical Methods
  • 4.3 For Further Study
  • 5 Fiber-Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 FDDI Layers and Services
  • 5.3 MAC Protocol
  • 5.4 FDDI MAC Protocol Capacity
  • 5.5 FDDI Cycle Properties
  • 5.6 Remarks on the IEEE 802.4 Token Bus Protocol
  • 5.7 Current Use of FDDI
  • 6 FDDI Models
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Network-wide Models
  • 6.3 Station-in-isolation Models
  • 6.3.1 M/G/l with Vacation and Exhaustive Limited with Limit Variation Service Discipline (Model 5)
  • 6.4 Model 4: Details of the Computation
  • 7 Distributed Queue Dual Bus (DQDB)
  • 7.1 Functional Architecture of a Node
  • 7.2 Connectionless Data Service
  • 7.3 DQDB Performance and Fairness
  • 7.4 The Bandwidth Balancing Mechanism
  • 7.5 DQDB MAC Protocol Capacity
  • 7.6 Current Use of DQDB
  • 8 DQDB Models
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Network-wide Models
  • 8.3 Node-in-isolation Models
  • 9 Evolution Towards Gigabit Rates
  • 9.1 Shared Medium Gigabit Networks
  • 9.2 ATM-based Gigabit Networks
  • Acronyms
  • Glossary of Notation

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