21st IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks October 13-16, 1996, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Papers from the October 1996 conference concentrate on current issues such as congestion control and recovery, internetworking, mobile networks, and Internet enhancements, as well as changing definitions of LANs and the scope of LAN technology. Contains sections on high- speed networks, multimedia communications, ATM networks, communication protocols, real-time networks, multicast communications, network analysis, network controls, optical controls, and mobile communications. Subjects include modeling and regulation of host traffic in ATM networks, and a hierarchical network storage architecture for video-on-demand services. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.