The proceedings of the First International Conference on Local Area Network Interconnection, October 1993, in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, addressing a wide range of technical challenges and reviews of the industry's status. The 22 papers include discussions on such topics as a superposit

There are many exciting trends and developments in the communications industry, several of which are related to advances in fast packet switching, multi- media services, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and high-speed protocols. It seems fair to say that the face of networking has been rapidly changing and the distinction between LANs, MANs, and WANs is becoming more and more blurred. It is commonly believed in the industry that ATM represents the next generation in networking. The adoption of ATM standards by the research and development community as a unifying technology for communications...

During the last two decades we have seen a tremendous development within the computer and communication industry. The ever increasing density on silicon, the increasing transmission speeds on fiber based systems as well as twisted pairs, the revolutionary development in the wireless area and of course the Internet have all led to many opportunities for new service developments. It is interesting to note that the last time this conference was held three years ago, the Web really did not fully exist. We are now ready to face new interesting challenges. It is an utmost importance for the...