The multiple crossbar network interface

Author

Hedberg, Wllllam F.

Author_Institution

Digital Equipment Corp., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

10-12 Oct 1989

Firstpage

299

Lastpage

306

Abstract

A description is given of a project to build prototype hardware for a high speed store and forward packet switched protocol processor for Los Alamos National Laboratories. The device is called a crossbar switch interface (CBI). Using ANSI high-speed channels (HSC), the CBI connects a host computer and a crossbar switch (CBS). A crossbar switch with attached CBIs, called a crosspoint star (CP*), is the building block of a multiple crossbar network (MCN). As a protocol processor, the CBI provides functions for access, management, security, packet buffering and control of the network. The CBI offloads and isolates hosts in the MCN from many network decisions

Keywords

computer interfaces; data communication equipment; packet switching; protocols; ANSI high-speed channels; Los Alamos National Laboratories; crosspoint star; high speed store and forward processor; host computer; multiple crossbar network interface; network access; network control; network management; network security; packet buffering; packet switched protocol processor; Access protocols; Computer network management; Hardware; High level synthesis; Laboratories; Network interfaces; Packet switching; Prototypes; Switches; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1989., Proceedings 14th Conference on

Conference_Location

Mineapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1968-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1989.65275

Filename

65275