Design of Broadband Multiservice Networks Guest Editors: Bharat Doshi and P. Harshavardhana Gigabit Networking Guest Editors: T. V. Lakshman and Vijay P. Kumar

Broadband Network Infrastructure of the Future: Roles of Network Design Tools in Technology Deployment Strategies
The INDT approach meets the new challenges for telecommunication product and network planners.
Bharat Doshi and P. Harshavardhana

Narrowband and Broadband Infrastructure Design for Wireless Networks
The design of narrowband and broadband infrastructure networks for wireless access is described.
Subra Dravida, Hong Jiang, Murali Kodialam, Behrokh Samadi, and Yufei Wang

QUARTS-II: A Routing Simulator for ATM Networks
QUARTS-II: A Routing Simulator for ATM Networks
M. Sivabalan and Hussein T. Mouftah

Functionality at the Edge: Designing Scalable Multiservice ATM Networks
This article discusses issues related to the performance of bursty non-real-time connections.
Steve Rosenberg, Mustapha Aïssaoui, Keith Galway, and Natalie Giroux

Enhancing Transport Networks with Internet Protocols
Transport networks face new challenges and opportunities because of the explosive growth of data traffic.
Alan Chapman and H. T. Kung

Architecture and Control of an Adaptive High-Capacity Flat Network
This article discusses the design of a scalable high-performance multiservice network.
Eric Livermore, Richard P. Skillen, Maged Beshai, and Marek Wernik

Adaptive Configuration of Elastic High-Speed Multiclass Networks
This article describes how elastic network bands are used to serve heterogeneous traffic.
James Yan

The Quantitative Impact of Survivable Network Architectures on Service Availability
Research that includes the modeling of various self-healing structures is presented.
Mark R. Wilson

Gigabit Networking

Quality of Service Development in the vBNS
The authors discuss the implementation scheme and issues for vBNS QoS development.
Chuck Song, Laura Cunningham, and Rick Wilder

IP over SONET
An overview of the architectural considerations in the deployment of IP over SONET technology is given.
James Manchester, Jon Anderson, Bharat Doshi, and Subra Dravida

Issues and Trends in Router Design
The authors outline design issues facing the next generation of backbone, enterprise, and access routers.
S. Keshav and Rosen Sharma

Beyond Best Effort: Router Architectures for the Differentiated Services of Tomorrow's Internet
Router mechanisms to support differentiated services that service providers may offer are discussed.
Vijay P. Kumar, T. V. Lakshman, and Dimitrios Stiliadis

Evolution of Multiprotocol Label Switching
The monitoring system for the digital DBS is given.
Arun Viswanathan, Nancy Feldman, Zheng Wang, and Ross Callon

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A Signal Monitoring Approach for the Korean DBS System
The INDT approach meets the new challenges for telecommunication product and network planners.
Jeong-Hyun Park