Protocol and Interface for ATM LANs

Issue title: European Gigabit Networking

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Greaves, David J.^; | McAuley, Derek | French, Leslie J. | Hyden, Eoin

Affiliations: Olivetti Research Ltd., Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QA, United Kingdom | Cambridge University Computer Laboratory, Corn Exchange Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, United Kingdom

Note: [] This work was partly funded by Esprit project OSI 95: High performance OSI protocols with multimedia support on HSLANS and B-ISDN.

Abstract: This paper describes the design and performance of a simple ATM host interface for a RISC workstation together with the MSNA protocol architecture. A feature of the MSNA architecture is that it can provide ATM virtual circuits directly to applications by demultiplexing to a degree normally associated with the transport layer of a protocol stack. We discuss implementations of the ATM adaptation layer of varying complexity and discuss the appropriate place for the adaptation layer to be terminated in a multimedia workstation.

Keywords: ATM Interface

DOI: 10.3233/JHS-1994-3204

Journal: Journal of High Speed Networks, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 147-163, 1994