by Patrick Lam Sze Fan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-[170]). / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Fault-tolerant CUM LAUDE NET --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Overview of CUM LAUDE NET --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Network architecture of CUM LAUDE NET --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- Design of Router-node --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Architecture of the Router-node --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Buffers Arrangement of the Router-node --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Buffer transmission policies --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4 --- Protocols of CUM LAUDE NET --- p.14 / Chapter 2.5 --- Frame Format of CUM LAUDE NET --- p.15 / Chapter 2.6 --- Fault-tolerant (FT) and Auto-healing (AH) algorithms --- p.16 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Overview of the algorithms --- p.16 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Network Failure Scenarios --- p.18 / Chapter 2.6.3 --- Design and Implementation of the Fault Tolerant Algorithm --- p.19 / Chapter 2.6.4 --- Design and Implementation of the Auto Healing Algorithm --- p.26 / Chapter 2.6.5 --- Network Management Signals and Restoration Times --- p.27 / Chapter 2.6.6 --- Comparison of fault-tolerance features of other networks with the CUM LAUDE NET --- p.31 / Chapter 2.7 --- Chapter Summary --- p.31 / Chapter 3 --- Overview of the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2 --- ATM Network Interfaces --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3 --- ATM Virtual Connections --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4 --- ATM Cell Format --- p.36 / Chapter 3.5 --- ATM Address Formats --- p.36 / Chapter 3.6 --- ATM Protocol Reference Model --- p.38 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- The ATM Layer --- p.39 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- The ATM Adaptation Layer --- p.39 / Chapter 3.7 --- ATM Signalling --- p.44 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- ATM Signalling Messages and Call Setup Procedures --- p.45 / Chapter 3.8 --- Interim Local Management Interface (ILMI) --- p.47 / Chapter 4 --- Issues of Connectionless Gateway --- p.49 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.49 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Issues --- p.50 / Chapter 4.3 --- ATM Internetworking --- p.51 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- LAN Emulation --- p.52 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- IP over ATM --- p.53 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Comparing IP over ATM and LAN Emulation --- p.59 / Chapter 4.4 --- Connection Management --- p.61 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- The Indirect Approach --- p.62 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- The Direct Approach --- p.63 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Comparing the two approaches --- p.64 / Chapter 4.5 --- Protocol Conversion --- p.65 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Selection of Protocol Converter --- p.68 / Chapter 4.6 --- Packet Forwarding Modes --- p.68 / Chapter 4.7 --- Bandwidth Assignment --- p.70 / Chapter 4.7.1 --- Bandwidth Reservation --- p.71 / Chapter 4.7.2 --- Fast Bandwidth Reservation --- p.72 / Chapter 4.7.3 --- Bandwidth Advertising --- p.72 / Chapter 4.7.4 --- Bandwidth Advertising with Cell Drop Detection --- p.73 / Chapter 4.7.5 --- Bandwidth Allocation on Source Demand --- p.73 / Chapter 4.7.6 --- The Common Problems --- p.74 / Chapter 5 --- Design and Implementation of the Connectionless Gateway --- p.77 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.77 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Functions Definition of Connectionless Gateway --- p.79 / Chapter 5.2 --- Hardware Architecture of the Connectionless Gateway --- p.79 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Imposed Limitations --- p.82 / Chapter 5.3 --- Software Architecture of the Connectionless Gateway --- p.83 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- TCP/IP Internals --- p.84 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- ATM on Linux --- p.85 / Chapter 5.4 --- Network Architecture --- p.88 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- IP Addresses Assignment --- p.90 / Chapter 5.5 --- Internal Structure of Connectionless Gateway --- p.90 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Protocol Stacks of the Gateway --- p.90 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Gateway Operation by Example --- p.93 / Chapter 5.5.3 --- Routing Table Maintenance --- p.97 / Chapter 5.6 --- Additional Features --- p.105 / Chapter 5.6.1 --- Priority Output Queues System --- p.105 / Chapter 5.6.2 --- Gateway Performance Monitor --- p.112 / Chapter 5.7 --- Setup an Operational ATM LAN --- p.117 / Chapter 5.7.1 --- SVC Connections --- p.117 / Chapter 5.7.2 --- PVC Connections --- p.119 / Chapter 5.8 --- Application of the Connectionless Gateway --- p.120 / Chapter 6 --- Performance Measurement of the Connectionless Gateway --- p.121 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.121 / Chapter 6.2 --- Experimental Setup --- p.121 / Chapter 6.3 --- Measurement Tools of the Experiments --- p.123 / Chapter 6.4 --- Descriptions of the Experiments --- p.124 / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Log Files --- p.125 / Chapter 6.5 --- UDP Control Rate Test --- p.126 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Results and analysis of the UDP Control Rate Test --- p.127 / Chapter 6.6 --- UDP Maximum Rate Test --- p.138 / Chapter 6.6.1 --- Results and analysis of the UDP Maximum Rate Test --- p.138 / Chapter 6.7 --- TCP Maximum Rate Test --- p.140 / Chapter 6.7.1 --- Results and analysis of the TCP Maximum Rate Test --- p.140 / Chapter 6.8 --- Request/Response Test --- p.144 / Chapter 6.8.1 --- Results and analysis of the Request/Response Test --- p.144 / Chapter 6.9 --- Priority Queue System Verification Test --- p.149 / Chapter 6.9.1 --- Results and analysis of the Priority Queue System Verifi- cation Test --- p.150 / Chapter 6.10 --- Other Observations --- p.153 / Chapter 6.11 --- Solutions to Improve the Performance --- p.154 / Chapter 6.12 --- Future Development --- p.157 / Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.158 / Bibliography --- p.163 / A List of Publications --- p.171

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