Cell Relay Newsgroup Charter

NAME:: comp.dcom.cell-relay
STATUS:: unmoderated
DESCRIPTION:: Forum for discussion of Cell Relay based networks

CHARTER:

To provide a forum for the submission of articles and inquiries dealing with networks using Cell Relay as a transport; including local, metropolitan, and wide area networks. For the purposes of this group, the term "cell" is taken to mean a small, fixed-sized, information-bearing unit that provides the foundation for transport and multiplexing of a wide range of user traffic types; each of which may require varying grades of service (e.g. bounds on delay variance). Examples of user traffic that might be accommodated by a Cell Relay network include voice (sound), video, and data. A specific example of a cell-based technology is Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). Examples of networks or services that will use Cell-Relay based technology include Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN), Distributed Queue Dual Bus (DQDB), Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS based on DQDB). In addition, it is expected that "raw" ATM-based local area networks will become widespread.

The inclusion of "cell-relay" in the group's name was purposeful in that it is intended to distinguish this technology from that used in other high-speed networks e.g. FDDI, 45Mb/s Frame-Relay.

Posts of the following types are expected:

Any and all questions concerning these technologies
User experiences with Cell Relay based networks
Announcements of conferences, conventions, etc.
Product descriptions
Applications made possible by this technology
News of public service offerings
Research findings
Conjecture as to the future of Cell Relay based technology (e.g. time frames, projected costs, etc.)

though this is not intended to be an exhaustive list.

This list is not intended to be a forum in which standards are developed, though it seems reasonable to relate news pertaining to the progress of recognized standards bodies.