One MAN.- 1 Evolution of a network management system.- 2 Bandwidth arrangement and self-healing algorithm for logical mesh connected multi-gigabit ring networks.- 3 Service guarantee in deflection networks.- 4 Modeling and control of isochronous and asynchronous traffic flows in a metropolitan area network.- Two ATM Traffic Characterization.- 5 ATM forum and its activities.- 6 Effectiveness of the ATM forum source traffic description.- 7 MPEG-video sources in ATM-systems — a new approach for the dimensioning of policing functions.- Three ATM Multiplexing.- 8 Performance analysis of cell rate monitoring mechanisms in ATM systems.- 9 Cell loss ratio of ATM multiplexer controlled by leaky bucket type UPC.- 10 On the superposition of a number of CDV affected cell streams.- Four ATM Traffic Management.- 11 The bundle-spacer: a cost effective alternative for traffic shaping in ATM networks.- 12 Combined preventive/reactive congestion control in LAN/MAN interconnection networks.- 13 VP bandwidth management with dynamic connection admission control in ATM networks.- Five ATM Switch.- 14 ATM switch with GAMMA network; provision of multiple paths.- Six Multicast.- 15 ATM LANs: new trends and performance comparison.- 16 Reliability in multicast services and protocols; a survey.- 17 Throughput analysis of stop-and-wait retransmission schemes for k-reliable multicast.- Seven DQDB.- 18 Internetworking of DQDB subnetworks: a maximum throughput analysis.- 19 DQDB — some new characteristics.- 20 Changeover without slot loss of the erasure nodes on DQDB.- 21 Connection oriented isochronous services in a DQDB network: specification of a service-protocol pair and a bandwidth allocation scheme.- Eight LAN.- 22 Analysis of single-buffer polling models for time-slotted communicationprotocols.- 23 An asynchronous reservation protocol for variable-sized messages in local lightwave networks using a passive star topology.- Nine Queueing Models.- 24 Performance evaluation of client-server distributed information systems.- 25 A performance model for the link-transport layer serving XTP in a high speed network.- 26 Analysis of an alternating priority queue with general decreasing service and with setup times or server vacations.- Index of contributors.- Keyword index.