An ATM adaptation layer for reliable transfers

Author

Karlsson, Gunnar

Author_Institution

Swedish Inst. of Comput. Sci., Kista, Sweden

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Nov 1997

Firstpage

822

Abstract

There has been much attention given to ATM adaptation layers (AAL) over the ten-year history of ATM standardization. Yet none of the existing standards include a retransmission protocol to ensure reliability of the transfers. We propose an AAL for selective retransmissions of individual segments that have been lost or corrupted in the transfer. Since the amount of retransmitted data equals the amount lost, there is little risk of aggravating congestion and the reliability is provided as economically as possible. The protocol relies an the orderly delivery of ATM virtual circuits so that data octets can be identified uniquely by their locations in the data stream

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; data communication; standardisation; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication standards; transport protocols; AAL; ATM adaptation layers; data octets; data stream; reliable transfers; retransmission protocol; retransmitted data; selective retransmissions; standardization; standards; virtual circuits; Circuits; Computer science; Delay; Emulation; Error correction; History; Proposals; Standardization; Throughput; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1997. GLOBECOM '97., IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4198-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1997.638443

Filename

638443