ATM concepts, architectures, and protocols
Communications of the ACM
Performance comparison of media access protocols for Gbit/s networks in the local area
Computer Communications
On the use of learning automata in medium access control of single-hop lightwave networks
Computer Communications
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A broad overview of gigabit local area networks (LANs) is presented from a systems perspective. Motivations and technical goals of gigabit LANs and challenges of coping with highly bursty traffic and large bandwidth mismatches between network links are described. The focus is on concerns unique to gigabit LANs, especially issues that differentiate them from gigabit wide area networks (WANs), metropolitan area networks (MANs), and lower-speed LANs. Major systems issues are discussed, and possible solutions, such as the virtual-connection architecture, are presented. The hardware technology required by gigabit LANs is illustrated by SONET components