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Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) is a newly developed system that is an advanced version of IPv4. It can make a system to assign an address to every electric or electronic device that will make communication possible.

Systems Network Architecture (SNA) used to dominate the market for enterprise wide-area networking until the late 1990s when Internet Protocol (IP) got the larger share of the market. In mission-critical applications, however, network managers still prefer the use of SNA because of its precise performance and quality of service. It also provides better data security compared to IP networks., Ten years ago, SNA completely dominated the market for enterprise wide-area networking; the amount of non-SNA WAN traffic was insignificant. But things change, and in 1999, SNA will account for [...]

The continued globalization of the banking industry has created the need for the integration of the various platforms of information processing for which middleware is providing the answer. Middleware is the term for services and protocols which are above the operating systems and networking software and below specific industrial applications. In addition, middleware has several distinct features. These are the ability to meet a wide variety of applications, ability to run on multiple platforms, and the ability to support standard protocols., Middleware is crucial for linking disparate systems but too many of its applications can be inefficient. The need for middleware is certainly justified especially within the banking industry where traditional [...]

The new voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) has been hailed as the technological innovation that would bring convergence over the Internet. In fact, service providers such as Qwest and Level 3 have staked their future on it. However, most of the claims bestowed on VOIP are exaggerated. It will not alter the nature of network computing not even after 10 years. A good place to measure the value of VOIP is at the demarc where uses and networks already converge., There's been a lot written about the concept voice over IP (VOIP). New service providers like Qwest and Level 3 have, to a degree, based their business propositions on it, [...]

StrataCom Inc. CEO Richard Moley claims that they are trying to mimic their success in selling frame relay network equipment to interexchange carriers with regional Bell operating companies. According to him, frame relay services grew after AT&T supported the protocol and after the establishment of the Frame Relay Forum. With voice services on frame relay networks now available, he forecasts a mixture of both public and private networks taking over Systems Network Architecture traffic., All technologies have their support groups and forums to provide a driving force in the marketplace. But few have promoters like Richard Moley, president, CEO and chairman of StrataCom and [...]

The American National Standards Institute Accredited Standards Committee X12 has decided to preserve the national X12 standards for electronic data interchange even as it moves to adopt the worldwide Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transportation (EDIFACT) standard. The committee stated that American users can continue to use X12 standards. However, many quarters are criticizing the committee's decision to support both the X12 and EDIFACT formats., After several years of intense discussion on transaction syntax and other arcane issues, the American National Standards Institute's Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 decided, at a critical June meeting in [...]

The differences between Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks are critical to how they will be used in the future. To date, there are two ways to integrate ATM in the TCP/IP subnet model, namely Classical IP and LAN Emulation. Implementation issues concerning the two are currently under debate by the TCP/IP camp and the ATM Forum. Meanwhile, both technologies are evolving from similar goals even as the TCP/IP and ATM communities fight over which is the better alternative., The three most important words in networking today are Ethernet, TCP/IP and ATM, but to think of them as mere 'technologies' misses how pervasive their influence has become. About 30 [...]

IBM's AnyNet communications protocol uses a multiprotocol transport (MPTN) networking mode to map networking services directly to non-native transport protocols. The MPTN architecture allows greater efficiency while reducing the number of protocols that a network needs to support. Unfortunately, AnyNet is finding a hard time to gain acceptance because of the lack of supporting platforms., Most of the time, the selection of a communications protocol isn't done consciously--it is usually a second- or third-tier effect arising from the application. The process usually involves three steps: [...]

The Inter-utility Control Center Protocol promises to bring standardized data exchange between electric utilities in the future. It was developed by the Western Systems Coordinating Council and the Inter-utility Data Exchange Consortium.

The Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) devices will enhance the operation of management systems through the combined administration of video, data and voice networks in a private network. CMIP interfaces or mediation devices, to be utilized with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), require supplemental services. The use of CMIP may be a wiser business move than the implementation of SNMP, even though SNMP is less expensive, when the information superhighway becomes a reality in the late 1990s., Rumors of the death of the OSI management protocol, CMIP (Common Management Information Protocol), maybe premature. In fact, CMIP appears to be finally coming into its own. As equipment suppliers [...]

ADC Telecommunications Inc's Soneplex transport platform offers multi-rate services to share connections in a communal network using both fiber and copper lines. Soneplex loop integration allows access to the Homeworx fiber-in-the-loop system provided for small business and residential customers. The Soneplex system provides synchronous mapping and is based on standard operations support systems.

WHAT IS ITS PURPOSE? At its core, Jabber is an instant messaging protocol, similar to the protocols used by AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, etc., to pass messages back and forth. However, […]

Skype is a Voice over IP application and about 39 million people had downloaded the standalone Skype program making it the most popular VoIP application. A VoIP provider is required to connect the VoIP calls to regular non-VoIP phone numbers and Skype offers a huge selection of providers like SkypeOut, SkypeOut and, ahh, SkypeOut.

Communications Satellites And The HDLC Protocol Data communications satellite links can provide users with advantages over terrestrial lines. If high-speed terrestrial lines are noisy or unavailable or if the network […]

PCs Communicate Synchronously with SyncTalk Package It's inevitable that whenever you think you have gotten a grip on all possible ways of doing a job, you find a new wrinkle. [...]

IP version six (IP6) was designed to revolutionize data communications by facilitating routing, quality of service and multimedia over the Internet and by advancing electronic commerce, high-speed, on-demand consumer services and home automation. IP6 in 1999 appears to died a natural death even before it was launched. It appears that industry could not wait for the new protocol and has opted to make do with the existing IP4 version.

Wireless home networking will be affordable, but will end users be buffaloed? HomeRF is a lot like Bluetooth - same 1 Mbps data rate, same late-1999 product expectations and similar [...]

A new network architecture known as the Internet Protocol Dialtone (IP Dialtone) offers Internet users with more benefits than dialup infrastructures. IP Dialtone utilizes a Digital Subscriber Line, cable modem, wireless and innovative access technologies which do not require dialup. The emergence of this new technology is expected to usher in a wide array of services for priority bandwidth, rate shaping, interactivity, reliability and privacy., IP is the dominant internetworking protocol. It's the foundation of the Internet, and, according to Forrester Research, it will account for more than half of the LAN traffic on 82 [...]

Maybe I've been gearing up for the beach season, but I'm just noticing that there's a mad rush this summer to try out digital subscriber line technology. By carriers, anyway. […]

Maybe it's time to rethink the standards process. More than two years ago, engineers at the Allen-Bradley Division of Rockwell Automation and the Micro Switch Division of Honeywell independently developed [...]

Living vertically in a horizontal is a challenge. To a computer or communications engineer, protocol layers are like motherhood and apple pie. Who can be against them? very modern computer [...]

Do We really need another I/O protocol? Yes, we do! It's true, today we already have too many channel protocols: SCSI, IPI-3, HIPPI, etc. We also have too many network [...]

For years, telcos of virtually every ilk have rushed to embrace the latest broadband transmission technology, proprietary custom application or convergence strategy. This approach has enjoyed some significant success in […]

ADC Telecommunications Inc's Soneplex access-transport platform is compatible with several operating systems. It supports a number of standard protocols and user interfaces to ensure that its features can be acessed remotely. The system also supports a user-friendly craft interface. Enhancements can be made in the Soneplex platform via computer software downloading. OSI protocol stacks for the system are also being developed.

ADC Telecommunications Inc's Soneplex system offers remote provisioning functions that simplify T1 HiCap services installation and maintenance. The functions enable the Network Monitoring Center to control the QFLC (optical DS2 transport) modules both at the cental office terminal and at remote terminal sites. The QFLC front panel and the Telemetry Byte-Oriented Serial Interface protocol can be used to tap the QFCL system features.

NEARLY 10,000 companies use Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to effect trade procedures in Europe alone. So there is no doubt that EDI provides a recognised - even vital -- contribution [...]