Title :
A chip-set enabling B-ISDN ATM UNI transmission convergence (TC) AAL 3/4-layers, and ATM layer functions
Author :
Calderon, J.C. ; Tapia, J.M. ; Corominas, E. ; Paris, L.
Author_Institution :
Centro Nacional de Microelectronica, Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
An internet-working unit called UNICORN is used to interconnect LANs such as Ethernet and MANs such as DQDB over a SDH-based ATM network carrying data at 155Mb/s. Two monolithic B-ISDN ICs perform the critical ATM functions: the TCS chip and the ATM-AAL chip.
Keywords :
B-ISDN; LAN interconnection; asynchronous transfer mode; data communication equipment; internetworking; metropolitan area networks; monolithic integrated circuits; synchronous digital hierarchy; 155 Mbit/s; ATM-AAL chip; B-ISDN ATM UNI transmission convergence; DQDB; Ethernet; LAN interconnection; MAN interconnection; SDH-based ATM network; TCS chip; UNICORN; internet-working unit; monolithic ICs; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; CMOS technology; Circuits; Convergence; Data mining; Filtering; Read-write memory; Registers; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1996. Digest of Technical Papers. 42nd ISSCC., 1996 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3136-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.1996.488533
