Master's thesis summary
- Author: Mika Ilvesmäki
- Name of the thesis: The use of ATM-technology in switching of internet-traffic
- Number of pages: 73
- Faculty: Electrical and Communications Engineering
- Professorship: S-38 Telecommunications Technology
- Supervisor: Professor Raimo Kantola
- Instructor: Dr. Tech. Kalevi Kilkki
Abstract
Several applications of the ATM-technology in switching and relaying the internet-traffic are studied in this work including IP over ATM, ATM Forum LAN emulation and IP-switching. The applicability of these techniques is resolved through traffic measurements of real computer networks of different magnitude.
Measurements show that traffic and service profiles in the internet are heavily dependent on the size of the network, the habits of the users and the applications used. Measurements indicate that the workload of routers decreases over 50 % if IP-switching is used. On the other hand the identification, classification and the switching criteria of a traffic flow, or an IP-flow, should be further studied to enable the use of IP-switching in different kinds of networks. Also the interoperability between IP-switching equipment and other network components requires special attention.
Keywords: ATM, B-ISDN, IP-switching, internet, traffic measurements, routing