Broadband Packet Switching Technologies: A Practical Guide to ATM Switches and IP Routers

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Broadband packet switching technologies: A practical

guide to ATM switches and IP routers/H. Jonathan Chao             p. cm.       A Wiley-Interscience publication.       ISBN 0-471-00454-5

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