Advances in local and metropolitan area networks Book

	Preface
	Wireless Intraoffice Networks	19
	Radio-LAN Standardization Efforts	45
	Gigabit Local Area Networks: A Systems Perspective	49
	Gigabit Networking	60
	HIPPI: Simplicity Yields Success	69
	The Emerging Gigabit Environment and the Role of Local ATM	74
	Designing a Practical ATM LAN	81
	Media Access Control for High-Speed Local Area and Metropolitan Area Communications Networks	96
	Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) - A Tutorial	132
	Forging FDDI	143
	The IEEE 802.6 Metropolitan Area Network Distributed-Queue, Dual-Bus Protocol	153
	The IEEE 802.6 Physical Layer Convergence Procedures	180
	Switched Multimegabit Data Service	189
	Computer/Network Interface Design: Lessons from Arpanet and Ethernet	207
	Performance Considerations in Designing Network Interfaces	215
	Overcoming Bottlenecks in High-Speed Transport Systems	232
	Host Interface Design for ATM LANs	241
	High-Speed Local Area Networks and Their Performance: A Survey	260
	Evaluating Performance of High-Speed Multiaccess Networks	304
	An HIPPI Interconnection System	310
	A Methodological Approach to an Extensive Analysis of DQDB Performance and Fairness	323
	Comparison of DQDB and FDDI MAC Access Protocols	335
	On the Validity of Assumptions Used to Model Local Area Networks	347
	Transparent Interconnection of Incompatible Local Area Networks Using Bridges	364
	Source Routing Addresses Token Net Bridging Needs	371
	Why A New Standard	375
	The IBM 8209 LAN Bridge	382
	Evaluating MAC-Layer Bridges - Beyond Filtering and Forwarding	392
	Interworking IEEE 802/FDDI LAN's Via the ISDN Frame Relay Bearer Service	396
	Internetworking with ATM WANs	403
	Glossary	421
	List of Acronyms	427
	Annotated Bibliography	429
	About the Author	435