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Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS)

(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)

Bellcore/Telcordia Documents

See section on "Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) Documents" for Bellcore documents on SMDS, including:

         TR-TSV-000772: SMDS Service Generic Requirements
         TR-TSV-000773: Local Access in Support of SMDS
         TR-TSV-000774: SMDS Operations Technology Network Element
         TR-TSV-000775: Usage Measurement in Support of Billing for SMDS
         GR-1060-CORE:  Exchange Access & Intercompany Serving Arrangements
         TR-TSV-001062: Phase 1 SMDS Customer Network Management Service
         GR-1062-CORE:  Phase 2 SMDS Customer Network Management Service
         GR-1063-CORE:  Operations Criteria in Support of Intercarrier SMDS
         TR-TSV-001064: SMDS Information Model and Usage
         TR-TSV-001235: Information Model Supporting Intercarrier SMDS
         GR-1237-CORE:  Operations Management - Exchange Access & Intercompany Service Arrangements
         TR-TSV-001239: Low Speed SMDS Access

Books

Broadband Communications: A Professional's Guide to ATM, Frame Relay, SMDS, SONET, and BISDN; Balaji Kumar; McGraw-Hill, 1995:
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         Chapter 6: Switched Multimegabit Data Service
         Chapter 7: Advanced SMDS
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Broadband Communications, Signature Edition; Balaji Kumar; McGraw-Hill, 1998:
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         Chapter 6: Switched Multimegabit Data Service
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Emerging Communications Technologies, Second Edition; Uyless Black; Prentice Hall, 1997.
Enterprise Networking: Fractional T1 to SONET, Frame Relay to BISDN; Daniel Minoli; Artech House, 1993.
ISDN: Concepts, Facilities, and Services, Signature (Fourth) Edition; Gary C. Kessler and Peter V. Southwick; McGraw-Hill, 1998.
SMDS: Wide-Area Data Networking with Switched Multi-megabit Data Service; Robert W. Klessig and Kaj Tesink; Prentice Hall, 1995.
Total Area Networking: ATM, Frame Relay and SMDS Explained; John Atkins and Mark Norris; John Wiley & Sons, 1995.

Periodical Articles

"RHCs to Open Data Spigot with SMDS and Frame Relay", Telephony's Transmission Special Nov 1990 pgs 16-22.
"Riding the Data Boom", Telephony 220:11 Mar 18 1991 pgs 120-122.
"Closing the Electronic Loop with SMDS", TNAE 25:7 Jul 1991 pgs 27-30.
"SNMP Agent Support for SMDS", IN 5:5 Sep 1991 pgs 33-40.
"SMDS vs. Frame Relay: An Either/Or Decision?", BCR 21:9 Sep 1991 pgs 59- 63.
"Comparing Alternative Fast Packet Networking Technologies, Part I: SMDS vs. 802.6, Frame Relay, Shared FDDI", TNAE 25:9 Sep 1991 pgs 58-65.
"Comparing Alternative Fast Packet Networking Technologies, Part II: SMDS Customer Premises Equipment", TNAE 25:10 Oct 1991 pgs 63-69.
"Switched Broadband Network Interfaces", TNAE 25:10 Oct 1991 pgs 47-54, 58.
"SMDS On-Line for '92", TE&M 95:21 Nov 1 1991 pgs 60-62.
"Exchange Access SMDS: A Stepping Stone to National and International Service", Telephony 222:4 Jan 27 1992 pgs 42-46.
"Bellcore Sets Guidelines for Interconnecting SMDS Networks", TE&M 96:4 Feb 15 1992 pgs 28, 37.
"Frame Relay, SMDS, and HSCS: Comparing Features and Performance", TNAE 26:5 May 1992 pgs 19-22.
"Major Telecom Carriers Unveil SMDS and Frame Relay Plans", Telephony 222:21 May 25 1992 pgs 6-7.
"GTE, Pac Bell Send SMDS Across LATAs", Telephony 222:21 May 25 1992 pgs 13, 16.
"SMDS: The First Broadband Public Network Service", supplement to BCR 22:6 Jun 1992.
"High Speed Networking in America", TRI 15:5 Sep/Oct 1992 pgs 18-20.
"America's First SMDS Customer Satisfied", TRI 15:5 Sep/Oct 1992 pgs 21-23.
"SMDS Service One Year After Kickoff", BCR 23:6 Jun 1993 pgs 51-54.
"Giving IXCs the Tools to Manage SMDS", TE&M 97:14 Jul 15 1993 pgs 32-35.
"SMDS: To Be or Not to Be?", BCR 24:6 Jun 1994 pgs 35-38.
"Still Data's Dark Horse?", AN 99:11 Jun 1 1995 pgs 41-44.
"Passport to Global Communications", TRI 19:1 Jan/Feb 1996 pgs 38-39.
"Technology Interworking for SMDS: From the DXI/SNI to the ATM UNI", ICM 34:6 Jun 1996 pgs 90-95.
"Four Years of the Switched Multi-megabit Data Service", BTTJ 16:1 Jan 1998 pgs 16-24.

Web Pages and Websites

Wikipedia article "SMDS".