Session 5: Networks And Communications

Abstract

The need to support applications that are distributed on wide-local area networks or on multicomputer systems and that require large data transfer and low delay, drives the development of faster and more efficient ways of transporting and switching data. This work has led to the definition of new communication protocols and to the introduction in the telecommunication networks of fast packet-based data services, such as frame relay, switched multimegabit data services and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell relay service.