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Intelligence in ATM terminals
Author(s) -
Hellemans Patrick,
Decuypere Hubert
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of digital and analog communication systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1099-1131
pISSN - 1047-9627
DOI - 10.1002/dac.4510040215
Subject(s) - terminal (telecommunication) , computer science , flexibility (engineering) , telecommunications , terminal equipment , telecommunications service , asynchronous transfer mode , computer network , telecommunications equipment , intelligent network , telecommunications network , section (typography) , access network , operating system , statistics , mathematics , transmission (telecommunications)
In this paper we propose to migrate the intelligence for telecommunication services from the network into the terminals. In the first three sections we elaborate on the approach taken. The descending cost of processing equipment and the increased flexibility offered by ATM networks open new perspectives for the terminal business. In addition, only limited services will be offered by early ATM networks. Terminal‐based intelligence may overcome this initial gap. The physical configuration of such a terminal is presented in Section 4. In Section 5 the functional configuration of the terminal is proposed. The control module realizes a generic platform for the execution of telecommunication applications. This platform gives access both to local peripherals and to the telecommunication services offered by the network. The top layer consists of the telecommunication applications. In Section 6 a number of these applications are discussed. The remote execution application is of special interest since it gives remote access to telecommunication applications hosted on other IATs, so enlarging the capabilities of the local IAT.