Analyzing Broadband Networks: Frame Relay, SMDS & ATM

Analyzing Broadband Networks is an invaluable reference for network managers and administrators trying to make sense of the new broadband technologies for Wide Area and Local Area Networks. Packed with illustrations, case studies and helpful examples, this book provides the techniques and know-how you need to select, implement, and analyze broadband solutions. Frame Relay, Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) solve the bandwidth challenge posed by new desktop and multimedia applications, the growing numbers of LAN segments, and the need to interconnect these segments. Analyzing Broadband Networks describes the design of each of these three technologies and how they operate within LAN and WAN systems. You will find out when to use each of these technologies, and learn how to manage the networks that employ them.