8Telecommunications Networks
This chapter discusses geographically very large networks. From the previous chapter, Fibre Channel is suitable for delivering data over distances of up to 10 km. ATM functionality can be mapped into fibre channel so that ATM is transported over fibre channel links. In still larger networks, ATM is used as a mode of communication between nodes, where a node is best described as a switch that manages multiple connections.
The history of ATM within the telecommunications companies indicates its position as a backbone technology within telecommunications infrastructures. Descriptions of ATM do not complete the telecommunications picture, however, and this chapter presents some of the missing components relevant to ...
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