Topological Considerations of ATM Networks.

Abstract

The key to achieving universal network scalability is hierarchical organisation, where routing information is aggregated between levels in the hierarchy. This approach can considerably reduce the overheads due to storage, transfer and processing of routing information for large networks. Other benefits include increased security and ease of management of the network. Due to the high routing complexity of the PNNI routing protocol, an optimal hierarchical structure is essential to reduce the huge overheads incurred. This report considers two hierarchical routing models based on the optimisation of the size of topology databases and routing complexity, respectively. The report also suggests some design guidelines for an hierarchical PNNI structure of a network topology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA364057

Entities

People

  • T. A. Au

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Australia
  • Classification
  • Communication Systems
  • Computational Complexity
  • Computations
  • Computer Networks
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Group Processes (Social Psychology)
  • Hierarchies
  • Information Exchange
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Topology
  • Peer Groups
  • Routing Protocols

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.