ALI: a versatile interface chip for ATM systems

Author

Kumar, Vipin ; Lin, Hsin-De ; O´Neill, Jade

fYear

1992

Firstpage

1282

Abstract

The authors describe an ATM interface (ATMI) chip that can be used in the implementation of user-network interfaces (UNIs) as well as network-node interfaces (NNIs). This chip performs the following functions: ATM header modification, addition or removal of local routing tags, policing, interfacing with a local processor, and inserting cells into and extracting cells from the ATM link, and gathering statistics for each VC/VP. The ATMI allows fully distributed control of ATM switches eliminating the bottleneck caused by a central controller performing call processing functions

Keywords

B-ISDN; asynchronous transfer mode; electronic switching systems; network interfaces; user interfaces; ALI; ATM header modification; ATM layer interface chip; ATM switches; ATM systems; B-ISDN; asynchronous transfer mode; cell extraction; cell insertion; local routing tags; network-node interfaces; policing; user-network interfaces; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Centralized control; Communication switching; Distributed control; Packet switching; Process control; Statistical distributions; Switches; Virtual colonoscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1992. Conference Record., GLOBECOM '92. Communication for Global Users., IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0608-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1992.276599

Filename

276599