Performance evaluations in the BALI ATM-network

In 1993 the interconnection of three local ATM-based networks in Berlin was initiated by DeTeBerkom, the Gesellschaft fur Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD) and the Technical University of Berlin (TUB). This paper describes the goals of this Berlin ATM LAN Interconnection (BALI) and presents first results. It introduces the infrastructure of the BALI network in its current and its accomplished state, and summarizes the technical goals of BALI. These goals include work that will be performed within the German Research Network (DFN) ATM-trial. It also describes the test-configurations for the performance evaluations of the ATM-network, and presents the first results of the evaluations. A summary is included of the work that will be performed in the near future.<>