Access to B-ISDN via PONs ATM Communication in Practice

The development of Passive Optical Networks (PONs) and ATM for broadband applications currently presents the leading edge of telecommunications research. This edited volume, collating the expertise of international academics and researchers, describes the most advanced communication systems develope...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Killat, Ulrich
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden Vieweg+Teubner Verlag 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1 The ATM Technology
  • 1.1 Introduction to ATM-based B-ISDN
  • 1.2 The physical layer
  • 1.3 The ATM layer
  • 1.4 ATM adaptation layer (AAL)
  • 1.5 Connection admission control in ATM networks
  • 1.6 Usage parameter control
  • 1.7 Introduction scenarios
  • Section 2 Passive Optical Tree Networks
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Technology
  • 2.3 Multiple access methods
  • 2.4 Multiplexing for bidirectional communication
  • 2.5 PONs in support of ISDN
  • Section 3 Access to B-ISDN via PONs
  • 3.1 Introduction: network and service evolution
  • 3.2 System architecture of the BAF system
  • 3.3 The upstream synchronisation problem
  • 3.4 Burst mode communication
  • 3.5 The ranging problem
  • 3.6 MAC protocols for passive optical networks
  • 3.7 Performance Evaluation of MAC Protocols
  • 3.8 Privacy and Authenticity in PONs
  • 3.9 Interaction of a PON system with a B-ISDN local exchange
  • 3.10 MANAGEMENT OF AN ATM PON
  • 3.11 Field trials embedding the BAF system