Da moderne Kommunikationsnetze immer größere Datenmengen bewältigen müssen, kommt der Entwicklung von Hochgeschwindigkeitsnetzen eine zentrale Bedeutung zu. "Broadband Packet Switching Technologies" behandelt systematisch alle wichtigen Paketvermittlungsarchitekturen (Packet Switching) und beschreibt dabei sowohl theoretische als auch praktische Aspekte sehr detailliert. Die Autoren, Fachleute aus Industrie und akademischer Forschung, wenden sich mit diesem Lehrbuch an fortgeschrittene Studenten und Ingenieure, die Hochgeschwindigkeitsnetze entwerfen oder administrieren. Fallstudien aus der drahtlosen und der faseroptischen Kommunikation lassen den Stoff lebendig werden.

H. JONATHAN CHAO, PhD, earned his doctorate at The Ohio State University. Since 1992 he has been Professor of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York and conducts research in terabit ATM switches and IP routers, quality of service control, and photonic packet switching. He was co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Coree Networks Inc., building a terabit IP/MPLS switch router. Between 1985 and 1992 he was a member of technical staff at Telcordia in New Jersey. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and has published widely in the above subjects.
CHEUK H. LAM, PhD, earned his doctorate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies Inc., Landover, Maryland.
EIJI OKI, PhD, earned his doctorate at Keio University, Yokohama, Japan. He is a research engineer at NTT Network Service Systems Laboratories, Tokyo. In 2000 he was a visiting scholar at Polytechnic University.

Preface.

Introduction.

Basics of Packet Switching.

Input-Buffered Switches.

Shared-Memory Switches.

Banyan-Based Switches.

Knockout-Based Switches.

The Abacus Switch.

Crosspoint-Buffered Switches.

The Tandem-Crosspoint Switch.

Clos-Network Switches.

Optical Packet Switches.

Wireless ATM Switches.

IP Route Lookups.

Appendix: SONET and ATM Protocols.

Index.