An asynchronous data-driven event-building scheme based on ATM switching fabrics

Author

Letheren, M. ; Christiansen, J. ; Mandjavidze, I. ; Verhille, H. ; De Prycker, M. ; Pauwels, B. ; Petit, G. ; Wright, S. ; Lumley, J.

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

1994

fDate

2/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

257

Lastpage

266

Abstract

Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) packet-switching network technology is proposed as the interconnect for building high-performance, scalable data acquisition architectures. This paper introduces the relevant characteristics of ATM and describes components for the construction of an ATM-based event builder: (1) a multi-path, self-routing, scalable ATM switching fabric, (2) an experimental high performance workstation ATM-interface, and (3) a VMEbus ATM-interface. The requirement for traffic shaping in ATM-based event-builders is discussed and an analysis of the performance of several such schemes is presented

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; data acquisition; packet switching; physics computing; ATM; VMEbus ATM-interface; asynchronous transfer mode; data acquisition; event builder; packet-switching network; switching fabric; workstation ATM-interface; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Buildings; Data acquisition; Fabrics; ISDN; Packet switching; Performance analysis; Telecommunication switching; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.281501

Filename

281501