IEE
Institution of Electrical Engineers
Computing and Control Division
IEEE ComSoc TCGN
IEEE Communications Society
Technical Committee on Gigabit Networking

Colloquium: Towards Gigabit Networking

Colloquium organised by IEE Professional Groups
C3 (Information systems and networks) and
E7 (Telecommunication networks and services)
in association with the
IEE North Western Centre
with technical co-sponsorship by the
IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Gigabit Networking

Manchester Royal Infirmary
The Manchester Postgraduate Health Sciences Centre, UK

Tuesday, 21 May 1996

Scope

As the demand for ever increasing bandwidth intensifies, networks operating at gigabit rates are becoming a reality. This Colloquium will consider whether ATM based networks truly represent a generalised solution; the status of current and future ATM technology and associated network design; how existing networks, such as the Internet, will converge with ATM; the impact on end station performance and the new services made possible by such very high speed networks. The Colloquium will also feature live video presentations using the SuperJanet network.

Online Digest of Papers and Presentations

Introduction and Welcome
Chairman: Nigel Linge <N.Linge@eee.salford.ac.uk>
University of Salford, UK
Keynote address: Towards Gigabit Networking
[paper (html) (postscript)] [presentation (html) (postscript)]
James P.G. Sterbenz <jpgs@ieee.org>
GTE Laboratories and and Chair of IEEE ComSoc TCGN, USA
IEEE 802.12 Gigabit LAN
D. Cunningham <cunningham_david/hp-unitedkingdom_om6@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK
Current State of ATM and the Availability of Higher Bandwidth Products
H Kjellin*
K-Net, UK
The Impact of Gigabit Networking and Why Stop There?
D. Parsons <d.parsons@dcs.shef.ac.uk>
University of Sheffield, UK
Panel and Discussion Session
SuperJanet - Birth and Development
J. Sharp <j.sharp@ukerna.ac.uk>
UKERNA, UK
Convergence of the Internet and ATM: A Rough Comparison of IETF and ATM Service Models
[paper] [presentation (html) (postscript)]
Jon Crowcroft* < J.Crowcroft@cs.ucl.ac.uk> and Zheng Wang
University College London, UK
BT Laboratories' Futures Testbed
[paper] [presentation]
Jeremy W.R. Barnes <jbarnes@bt-sys.bt.co.uk>, I.D. Henning, D.J. Newson, and D.J. Pratt
BT Laboratories Advanced Applications and Technologies, Ipswich, UK
Discussion session
Closing Remarks
* the speaker for this presentation will be based at the University College London and will deliver their presentation via the SuperJanet network using K-Nets CellStack Videoconferencing system.

The IEE is not, as a body, responsible for the views or opinions expressed by individual authors or speakers.

This is an online version of IEE Digest No. 96/118, UK ISSN 0963-3308;
digest papers © 1996 IEE.

Individual authors retain copyright to the presentation foils.

This online digest is under construction; papers and presentations will be added as they are made available in electronic form.

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30 May 1996
James P.G. Sterbenz <jpgs@ieee.org>