在ATM网上实现局域网功能的困难及对策

Difficulties in and Solutions t Implementing the LAN Functions in an ATM Network

ＡＴＭ网络作为下一代网络，终将成为网络的主流。但是ＡＴＭ网要在目前传统局域网占主导地位的环境条件下成为今后的主流和发展的方向，就必须解决二个问题：首先，必须使已有的众多的网络应用软件能在ＡＴＭ工作站上使用；第二，ＡＴＭ网应能很容易和传统的局域网连在一起的工作站一起运作。本文介绍了在ＡＴＭ网上实现局域网功能所面临的困难及一些可能的解决方案。

:ATM is a network of the next generation and will play a leading role in the near future. However, two problems have to be solved for an ATM network to succeed in an environment where the LAN prevails; how the vast number of network application softwares can function in ATM workstations and how ATM networks can easily function with workstations attached to traditional LAN stations, For this reason , the present paper deals with the difficulties in and solutions to implementing the LAN functions in an ATM network,