Broadband Communications

Broadband communications is widely recognized as one of the most revolutionary emerging technologies of the last decade of the 20th century. This book provides a comprehensive snapshot of leading-edge research across a structured set of topics vital to broadband communications infrastructure for the information age.

Inhalt

Broadband traffic modeling and control. Traffic modeling I. Traffic modeling II. Call admission and routing. ABR control algorithms. Traffic control I. Traffic control II. Resource allocation. Performance analysis. Traffic estimation. Broadband technologies and network design. Access technologies. Broadband switching I. Broadband switching II. Protocols. Traffic engineering. Network design. Network reliability. Testbed networks. Circuit emulation. Index of contributors. Keyword index.