A study of construction of regional PC communication network systems

We have researched a cost-effective regional personal computer (PC) communication network system and its realization. The system supports group communication services that offer communication among the registered members. We have already developed a low-end card that provides an Ethernet interface in the customer's residence and a multiplex-port brouter that can accommodate a large number of users. More than one brouter would be set in the center and/or different buildings to accommodate distributed users. This paper describes system constructions that use several brouters to accommodate the users. The throughput obtained across two brouters is evaluated using an experimental system. The connection services to other areas using a domain name system and global/private IP address conversion are also presented. © 2000 Scripta Technica, Electron Comm Jpn Pt 1, 84(2): 82–89, 2001