Delivery of very high bandwidth with ATM switches and SONET
To deliver high bandwidth, a ubiquitous inter-/intra-building cable plant consisting of single mode and multimode fiber as well as twisted pair copper is required. The selection of the ``glue`` to transport and interconnect distributed LANs with central facility resources over a pervasive cable plant is the focus of this paper. A description of the traditional problems that must be overcome to provide very high bandwidth beyond the narrow confines of a computer center is given. The applicability of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switching (interconnection) and Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET) (transport) for high bandwidth delivery is described using the environment and requirements of Sandia National Laboratories. Other methods for distributing high data rates are compared and contrasted. Sandia is implementing a standards based foundation utilizing a pervasive single mode fiber cable plant, SONET transport, and ATM switching to meet the goals of gigabit networking.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 10180838
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--93-1686C; CONF-9310131--2; ON: DE93019432
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ELECTRON DEVICES AND CIRCUITS
COMPUTER NETWORKS
CONNECTORS
COPPER
DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
ELECTRIC CABLES
FIBER OPTICS
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION
SANDIA LABORATORIES
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