One MAN. - 1 Evolution of a network management system. - 2 Bandwidth arrangement and self-healing algorithm for logical mesh connected multi-gigabit ring networks. - 3 Service guarantee in deflection networks. - 4 Modeling and control of isochronous and asynchronous traffic flows in a metropolitan area network. - Two ATM Traffic Characterization. - 5 ATM forum and its activities. - 6 Effectiveness of the ATM forum source traffic description. - 7 MPEG-video sources in ATM-systems a new approach for the dimensioning of policing functions. - Three ATM Multiplexing. - 8 Performance analysis of cell rate monitoring mechanisms in ATM systems. - 9 Cell loss ratio of ATM multiplexer controlled by leaky bucket type UPC. - 10 On the superposition of a number of CDV affected cell streams. - Four ATM Traffic Management. - 11 The bundle-spacer: a cost effective alternative for traffic shaping in ATM networks. - 12 Combined preventive/reactive congestion control in LAN/MAN interconnection networks. - 13 VP bandwidth management with dynamic connection admission control in ATM networks. - Five ATM Switch. - 14 ATM switch with GAMMA network; provision of multiple paths. - Six Multicast. - 15 ATM LANs: new trends and performance comparison. - 16 Reliability in multicast services and protocols; a survey. - 17 Throughput analysis of stop-and-wait retransmission schemes for k-reliable multicast. - Seven DQDB. - 18 Internetworking of DQDB subnetworks: a maximum throughput analysis. - 19 DQDB some new characteristics. - 20 Changeover without slot loss of the erasure nodes on DQDB. - 21 Connection oriented isochronous services in a DQDB network: specification of a service-protocol pair and a bandwidth allocation scheme. - Eight LAN. - 22 Analysis of single-buffer polling models for time-slotted communicationprotocols. - 23 An asynchronous reservation protocol for variable-sized messages in local lightwave networks using a passive star topology. - Nine Queueing Models. - 24 Performance evaluation of client-server distributed information systems. - 25 A performance model for the link-transport layer serving XTP in a high speed network. - 26 Analysis of an alternating priority queue with general decreasing service and with setup times or server vacations. - Index of contributors. - Keyword index. Language: English