ATTILA: Performance analysis system for ATM networks

Author

Winkelstein, Dan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Res., MCNC, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

28 Nov- 2 Dec 1994

Firstpage

1394

Abstract

The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) has funded MCNC to build an ATM network analysis system referred to as ATTILA. In this paper we describe the capabilities of ATTILA as well as its use in various test and production networks. ATTILA has the capability to evaluate, in real-time, ATM network performance and traffic characteristics. ATTILA can also be used to study the effects of cell loss, high bandwidth-delay products, and traffic shaping on upper-layer protocols. Additionally, ATTILA can be configured as a gateway between HIPPI networks and ATM/SONET networks operating at OC-12c rate

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; ATM networks; ATM/SONET networks; ATTILA; Advanced Research Projects Agency; HIPPI networks; OC-12c rate; cell loss effects; gateway; high bandwidth-delay products effects; performance analysis system; traffic characteristics; traffic shaping effects; upper-layer protocols; B-ISDN; Circuit analysis; Displays; Government; Histograms; Performance analysis; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Strips; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1994. GLOBECOM '94. Communications: The Global Bridge., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1820-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1994.513007

Filename

513007