Abstract
Tomorrow's multimedia services presume that the
underlying transport network offers reliable transfer of
data, supports a large variety of connections and
guarantees required quality of service. ATM technology
has been the most favored transport concept, but other
concepts have also been considered and new ones
suggested, especially, for IP based communications.
Development of a new unifying transport solution is a
long lasting process and, thus, it can be envisaged that
heterogeneous transport concepts will be used for
multimedia service delivery for a lengthy period of
transition. Hence, there is an obvious need for network
nodes, such as switches, that are capable of interfacing
to different kinds of networks and implementing different
switching schemes. As a solution to this need, this paper
introduces the concept of multidiscipline switching to
combine different switching disciplines into a compact
fabric. Finally, an example solution integrating circuit,
cell and packet switching is presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Conference on Telecommunications - ICT'99 |
| Place of Publication | Taejon |
| Pages | 86-90 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |
| MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
| Event | International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT'99 - Cheju, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Duration: 15 Jun 1999 → 18 Jun 1999 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT'99 |
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| Country/Territory | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of |
| City | Cheju |
| Period | 15/06/99 → 18/06/99 |