?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Action+at+a+distance+-+demanding+applications&rft.creator=Kirstein%2C+PT&rft.description=We+have+many+applications+which+are+difficult+to+accommodate+on+the+current+WANs%2C+though+they+operate+reasonably+over+LANs.+These+demanding+applications+include%2C+unicast%2C+multicast+and+near-broadcast+services.+Normally+these+applications+can+be+made+to+operate+in+a+small+scale+over+MANs+and+WANs%3B+larger+scale+deployment+requires+resolution+of+a+number+of+technical+and+managerial+problems+which+we+are+starting+to+understand-but+have+not+yet+resolved.+Where+we+have+had+access+to+the+relevant+facilities%2C+we+have+shown+that+these+demanding+applications+operate+well+on+an+international+scale.&rft.subject=LAN+interconnection%2C+Wide+area+networks&rft.publisher=IET&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=IEE+Colloquium+on+%60Extending+the+LAN+-+High+Speed+Data+Services'&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+the+IEE+Colloquium+on+Extending+the+LAN+-+High+Speed+Data+Services.++++IET%3A+London%2C+UK.+(1995)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10077640%2F1%2F144.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10077640%2F&rft.rights=open