Comparative Performance of Voice/Data Local Area Networks

The widespread use of local area networks for computer comunications and the trend towards digital transmission of telephone signals has sparked interest in the use of computer networks for the transmission of integrated voice/data traffic. While several studies of voice/data traffic on local area networks have appeared in the literature, the differing assumptions and performance metrics used render comparisons to one another difficult. For consistency, a network-independent framework for evaluation of voice/data networks is formulated. © 1989 IEEE