A framework architecture for information networks

1 April 1992

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Communications Magazine

Vol. 30 (4) , 102-109
https://doi.org/10.1109/35.135794

Abstract

An overview of the INA Architecture, which builds on the current advances in broadband communication and distributed computing technologies and specifies an architecture for future information networks that are required to transport multimedia information and to manage multimedia communication, is presented. The key functional separations that have to be met in any INA-consistent network, the major components of an INA-consistent network, and the various levels in the architecture are described. The INA Architecture is compared with ISO's Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), ISO's Open Distributed Processing (ODP), and Bellcore's AIN architecture.

Keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING
OPEN SYSTEMS
BROADBAND COMMUNICATION
DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
COMPUTER NETWORK MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION
DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING

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