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This paper will provide a brief history of networking, noting the transition from disjoint network infrastructure and media to the emerging integrated broadband networks. The current state of affairs and significant challenges in deploying a broadband Global Information Infrastructure based on ATM and B-ISDN will be discussed. Even if we solve all the hard technical problems and practical challenges associated with this, all we have provided is an integrated network infrastructure that is capable of transporting high bandwidth. We still have not solved the latency problem (bandwidth-x-delay product) for WAN applications, or provided for the delivery of this bandwidth to the applications through the host architecture and operating systems. The sorts of emerging applications we must support, and some of the challenges, issues, and areas of research that remain at the end system to support these new applications will be described. Finally, some of the research directions to be pursued will be briefly touched upon.
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Sterbenz, J.P.G. (1995). Protocols for High Speed Networks: Life After ATM?. In: Neufield, G., Ito, M. (eds) Protocols for High Speed Networks IV. PfHSN 1995. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34885-8_1
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