ATM Signalling in Perspective

Abstract

Signalling has great impact on the efficient use of network resources, and the services that an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network can offer. Importantly, signalling allows the transfer of service related information in real time between the user and the network, and among network entities to establish, maintain and release end to end virtual connections. For each particular signalling function, the corresponding procedures are defined such that the sequence and message format are specific to the network interface across which the exchange of signalling information takes place. This report reviews the signalling architectures for the user network interface and the network-network interface in both private and public ATM network environments. It is hoped that readers will gain a proper perspective of the signalling protocols involved in ATM networks, and thereby an appreciation of their significant contributions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA352597

Entities

People

  • T. A. Au

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Australia
  • Bandwidth
  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Networks
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Communications
  • Environment
  • Frequency Bands
  • Group Processes (Social Psychology)
  • Information Exchange
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Topology
  • Routing Protocols
  • Standardization
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Theoretical Analysis.