Fiber channel (FCS)/ATM interworking: a design solution

Author

Anzaloni, A. ; De Sanctis, M. ; Avaltroni, F. ; Rulli, G. ; Proietti, L. ; Lombardi, G.

Author_Institution

Fatme R&D Div., Ericsson, Rome, Italy

fYear

1993

fDate

29 Nov-2 Dec 1993

Firstpage

1127

Abstract

The paper addresses the main functions of a gateway between the fibre channel standard (FCS) and an ATM network. The fibre channel provides a general transport vehicle for upper layer protocols such as the intelligent peripheral interface (IPI), small computer system interface (SCSI), high-performance parallel interface (HIPPI) data framing and others at scalable speeds of 265 Mbit/s, 531 Mbit/s and 1.06 Gbit/s. ATM wide area networks will provide cell based transmission and switching at rates of 155 Mbit/s and above. The paper describes design solutions to obtain very high throughput using hardware processing and careful protocol functions relaying between the two standards

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; internetworking; network interfaces; optical links; packet switching; performance evaluation; peripheral interfaces; protocols; telecommunication standards; wide area networks; ATM network; FCS; HIPPI; IPI; SCSI; cell based transmission; data framing; design solution; fibre channel standard; gateway; hardware processing; high-performance parallel interface; intelligent peripheral interface; protocol functions; small computer system interface; switching; throughput; transport vehicle; upper layer protocols; wide area networks; Asynchronous transfer mode; Computer interfaces; Computer peripherals; Concurrent computing; Hardware; Intelligent vehicles; Relays; Throughput; Transport protocols; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1993, including a Communications Theory Mini-Conference. Technical Program Conference Record, IEEE in Houston. GLOBECOM '93., IEEE

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0917-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1993.318251

Filename

318251