Search the World's Largest Database of Information Science & Technology Terms & Definitions
InfInfoScipedia LogoScipedia
A Free Service of IGI Global Publishing House
Below please find a list of definitions for the term that
you selected from multiple scholarly research resources.

What is Virtual path (VP)

Chapter 49
Handbook of Research on Telecommunications Planning and Management for Business
It is defined as a set of multiplexed circuits, which terminate at common end nodes such as switching nodes and network gateways.
Published in Chapter:
High-Speed Multimedia Networks: Critical Issues and Trends
Dimitris Kanellopoulos (University of Patras, Greece)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-194-0.ch049
Abstract
This chapter presents high-speed networking technologies and standards such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Fast Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), Resilient Packet Ring (RPR), Provider Backbone Transport (PBT), Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB), Transport - Multi Protocol Label Switching (T-MPLS) and Optical Transport Network (OTN). It considers the requirements imposed to high-speed networks by multimedia applications and analyses crucial issues of high-speed networking such as bandwidth problems, discarding policies and fast broadcast. Finally, the chapter discusses future trends in high-speed multimedia networking.
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
eContent Pro Discount Banner
InfoSci OnDemandECP Editorial ServicesAGOSR