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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

Page<br />

Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii<br />

Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv<br />

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v<br />

Vita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi<br />

List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv<br />

List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii<br />

Chapters:<br />

1. Introduction and Problem Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

1.1 Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Networks . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

1.2 The <strong>Available</strong> <strong>Bit</strong> <strong>Rate</strong> (<strong>ABR</strong>) <strong>Service</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

1.3 Tra c <strong>Management</strong> vs Congestion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />

1.4 Tra c <strong>Management</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>ABR</strong> <strong>Service</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />

1.4.1 Problem Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />

1.4.2 Thesis Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

2. The <strong>ABR</strong> Tra c <strong>Management</strong> Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

2.1 <strong>ABR</strong> Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

2.2 In-<strong>Rate</strong> and Out-of-<strong>Rate</strong> RM Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

2.3 Forward and Backward RM cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

2.4 RM Cell Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

2.5 Source End System Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />

2.6 Dest<strong>in</strong>ation End System Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />

vii

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