Distributed ATM Network Command & Control Reference Architecture

Abstract

ATM is a commercial switching and transport technology that uses a distributed control capability for wide-area networks. The commercial ATM switches support distributed routing and distributed bandwidth-on-demand during the call set-up process. However the limitations of static QoS and bandwidth allocation provisioning plus the blocking characteristics of call-admission-control do not provide enough flexibility and network availability to support Navy's mission critical applications in a cost-effective manner. To meet the Navy's requirements, the following network control capabilities are needed: (1) priority admission; (2) dynamic QoS adjustment; (3) dynamic bandwidth adjustment; (4) automatic service restoration. A test bed was developed to demonstrate selected key features of dynamic bandwidth management (through a table decision process) and network restoration (through the update of VPI/VCI tables)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 1997
Accession Number
ADA342051

Entities

People

  • Wei-cheng R. Tung

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Availability
  • Bandwidth
  • Channel Allocation
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Networks
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Control Systems
  • Monitoring
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Resilience
  • Switches
  • Test Beds
  • Transport Ships
  • Wide Area Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management