Convergence of Telecommunications and Computing to Networking Models for Integrated Services and Applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1887-1914

  Decina, Maurizio ^a   Trecordi, Vittorio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asynchronous transfer mode; Communication systems; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Intelligent networks; Internetworking; Protocols

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS (IP); RESOURCE RESERVATION PROTOCOLS;

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE;

EID: 0031358436     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.650174     Document Type: Article

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