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Broadband Communications

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Lorne Mason

    1. INRS - Telecommunications, Quebec, Canada

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  2. Augusto Casaca

    1. IST/INESC, Lisbon, Portugal

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Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT)

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Table of contents (52 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Broadband Traffic Modeling and Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Traffic Modelling I

      1. Determination of Traffic Descriptors for VPs Carrying Delay-Sensitive Traffic
        • Michael Ritter, Jorge García
        Pages 3-15
      2. Specification of Cell Dispersion in ATM Networks
        • Fabrice Guillemin, Catherine Rosenberg, Aref Meddeb
        Pages 16-27
      3. Long Range Correlation in Multiplexed Pareto Traffic
        • J. J. Gordon
        Pages 28-39

    3. Traffic Modelling II

      1. Correlation properties of MPEG VBR video sources: Relative importance of short and medium term correlation on ATM multiplexer performance
        • Ragnar Ø Andreassen
        Pages 40-51
      2. On the Relevance of Long Term Correlation in MPEG-1 Video Traffic
        • Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori, Andreas Larsson
        Pages 52-63
      3. Multiple Time Scales and Subexponentiality in MPEG Video Streams
        • Predrag R. Jelenković, Aurel A. Lazar, Nemo Semret
        Pages 64-75

    5. ABR Control Algorithms

      1. Dynamics of an Explicit Rate Allocation Algorithm for ATM Networks
        • L. Kalampoukas, A. Varma, K. K. Ramakrishnan
        Pages 111-122
      2. Comparison of ER and EFCI Flow Control Schemes for ABR Service in Wide Area Networks
        • Aleksandar Kolarov, G. Ramamurthy
        Pages 123-134
      3. Effect of Bursty Source Traffic on Rate-Based ABR Congestion Control Schemes
        • Madhavi Hegde, W. Melody Moh
        Pages 135-146

    6. Traffic Control I

      1. Refinements to Rate-Based Flow Control with Extensions to Multidrop Applications
        • S. Pejhan, M. Schwartz, D. Anastassiou
        Pages 147-160
      2. A Minimal-Buffer Loss-Free Flow Control Protocol for ATM Networks
        • Siavash Khorsandi, Alberto Leon-Garcia
        Pages 161-172
      3. Flow Control Mechanisms for SAAL Links
        • K. Kant
        Pages 173-184

    7. Traffic Control II

      1. A Traffic Management Framework for ATM Networks
        • Jon W. Mark, Jing-Fei Ren
        Pages 185-198
      2. Congestion Control in a Constrained-Worst-Case Framework
        • S. Valaee, M. A. Kaplan
        Pages 199-210
      3. Performance Analysis of a Fuzzy System in the Policing of Packetized Voice Sources
        • Giuseppe Ficili, Daniela Panno
        Pages 211-222
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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.

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  • INRS - Telecommunications, Quebec, Canada

    Lorne Mason

  • IST/INESC, Lisbon, Portugal

    Augusto Casaca

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