Design and evaluation of a control plane architecture for the ATM access network

Author

Fragoulopoulos, E.K. ; Mavrommatis, K.I. ; Kolyvas, G.T. ; Venieris, I.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

fYear

35735

fDate

2-5 Nov1997

Firstpage

494

Lastpage

503

Abstract

The dynamic operation of ATM access networks (ANs) calls for the incorporation of advanced signalling functionality also in the access part of the ATM core network. Instead of implementing the entire control plane in the AN, we take advantage of the separation between call, bearer and channel control and we proceed with a simple, standard compliant bearer channel control architecture for the ATM AN. We evaluate our proposal in terms of additional call set-up delay by means of analysis. Results demonstrate the benefits of our approach as opposed to the complexity and performance degradation brought about with the use of Q.2931 in the AN

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; local area networks; subscriber loops; telecommunication channels; telecommunication control; ATM AN; ATM access network; ATM core network; Q 2931; advanced signalling functionality; call set-up delay; channel control; complexity; control plane architecture; dynamic operation; performance degradation; standard compliant bearer channel control architecture; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Control systems; Costs; DSL; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Passive optical networks; Protocols; Tin; Virtual colonoscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1997. Proceedings., 22nd Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8141-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1997.631019

Filename

631019