Packet Broadband Network Handbook
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Packet Broadband Network Handbook
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Introduction
- Figure I-1: . Five parts of the book and their relationships
Part 1: Packet Network Foundations
- Figure P1-1: Packet network foundations.
Chapter 1: X.25 Networks
- Figure 1-1: X.25 network reference model.
- Figure 1-2: An X.25 network overview.
- Figure 1-3: HDLC frame format.
- Figure 1-4: Format of X.25 packet.
- Figure 1-5: Three phases of X.25 SVC life cycle.
Chapter 2: Frame Relay Networks
- Figure 2-3: A frame relay network example.
- Figure 2-1: Frame relay network reference model.
- Figure 2-2: Frame relay frame structure.
- Figure 2-4: Frame relay UNI and NNI interfaces.
- Figure 2-5: LMI frame structure.
- Figure 2-6: The legacy SNA protocol over frame relay. (Frame Relay Forum 1998)
- Figure 2-7: Voice over frame relay application scenarios.
Chapter 3: ATM Networks
- Figure 3-1: ATM protocol layers.
- Figure 3-2: ATM physical layer.
- Figure 3-3: The ATM cell and cell header structure.
- Figure 3-4: Illustration of VPL, VCL, VPC, and VCC.
- Figure 3-5: Illustration of ATM virtual channel switching.
- Figure 3-6: A high-level view of ATM adaptation layers.
- Figure 3-7: AAL2 structure. (McDysan and Spohn 1999)
- Figure 3-8: The general format of AESA address format (Source: Ref. 10).
- Figure 3-9: An example of PNNI hierarchy with two levels of nodes.
- Figure 3-10: Voice over ATM application.
- Figure 3-11: The AAL1 trunking IWF functional components.
- Figure 3-12: An overview of BLES model.
- Figure 3-13: ATM LANE overlay model.
Chapter 4: Internet Protocol Networks
- Figure 4-1: IP network reference model.
- Figure 4-2: Data link layer choices for IP networks.
- Figure 4-3: Ethernet protocol...
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