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Evolution of Wide Area Network Technologies for Business Data Communications

Explore the trends in distributed processing architectures supporting organizational needs with a wide array of WAN technologies. Learn about dedicated channels, public switched WAN, frame relay, and ATM, offering efficient data transfer solutions and network reliability.

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Evolution of Wide Area Network Technologies for Business Data Communications

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  1. Chapter 12:Wide Area Networks Business Data Communications, 4e

  2. Wide Area Networking Issues • Trend towards distributed processing architectures to support applications and organizational needs. • Expansion of wide area networking technologies and services available to meet those needs.

  3. WAN Alternatives

  4. Integrated Network AccessUsing Dedicated Channels

  5. Integrated Network AccessUsing Public Switched WAN

  6. Frame Relay Characteristics • Designed to eliminate excessive X.25 overhead • Control signaling takes place on a separate logical connection (nodes don’t need state tables for each call) • Multiplexing/switching take place at layer 2, eliminating a layer of processing • No hop-by-hop flow/error control

  7. Traditional Packet Switching

  8. Frame Relay Operation

  9. Frame Relay Architecture

  10. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) • Also known as cell relay • Faster than X.25, more streamlined than frame relay • Supports data rates several orders of magnitude greater than frame relay • Data on logical connection is organized into fixed-size packets, called cells. • No link-by-link error control or flow control.

  11. Virtual Channels & Virtual Paths • Logical connections in ATM are virtual channels • analogous to a virtual circuit in X.25 or a frame relay logical connection • used for connections between two end users, user-network exchange (control signaling), and network-network exchange (network management and routing) • A virtual path is a bundle of virtual channels that have the same endpoints.

  12. Advantages of Virtual Paths • Simplified network architecture • Increased network performance and reliability • Reduced processing and short connection setup time • Enhanced network services

  13. Virtual-Path/Virtual-Channel Characteristics • Quality of service • Switched and semi-permanent virtual-channel connections • Cell sequence integrity • Traffic parameter negotiation and usage monitoring

  14. ATM Cell Format

  15. ATM Bit Rate Services

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