Traffic management on Local Area Networks (LANs) is becoming an important issue as workstation and personal computer networking speeds start to outstrip the capacity of current and emerging network technologies. This book discusses the specific tasks facing the site administrators as they try to manage the flow of traffic on their network and adapt the network to cope with changing demands.

Traffic management and quality of service are techniques which, when applied to LAN, WAN and the Internet, facilitate the smooth flow of information. This text explains how to make convergence work - getting voice and data to flow without bottling up the network. Internet II is also covered.

A unified approach to the analysis and design of traffic management controls in circuit switching, packet switching, LAN, MAN, narrowband, and broadband integrated services networks is presented in this volume, along with an in-depth survey of management and control schemes which are used to allocate network resources to different users in a dynamic environment, meeting user performance requirements. Stress is placed on the role of measurements and network information patterns. Also included is a presentation of control procedures being insensitive to detailed values of control parameters and exact statistics of offered traffic, and performance analysis of automatic network management controls under nonstationary load conditions.

This book covers the management of telecommunication networks of all types, including PSTNs, LANs, WANs and data networks. The perspective is broad, making the volume useful as a tutorial introduction and working reference.

"Guide to Traffic Management Part 4 : Network Management provides guidance of traffic management at a network level. It addresses network needs of the various categories of user, the characteristics of various types of network and, importantly, describes a planning process for balancing or prioritising the competing needs of different users. It describes the Network Operation Plan, which provides a framework for defining the intent of operation of the network, the priorities accorded to the various road user groups, network strategies, and the action plan that defines how the network is to be managed, operated and developed. Traffic management solutions and tools used to address needs at the network include land-use access, traffic signals, parking, and lane allocation measures. These are discussed in general terms in this part, particularly in the context of the network management planning process"--Back cover.