The generic framing procedure (GFP): an overview

Author

Hernandez-Valencia, Enrique ; Scholten, Michael ; Zhu, Zhenyu

Volume

40

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

71

Abstract

The generic framing procedure (GFP) is a standardized traffic adaptation protocol for broadband transport applications. It provides an efficiency and QoS-friendly mechanism to map either a physical layer or logical link layer signal to a byte-synchronous channel. It also supports basic client control functions for client management purposes. This article presents a brief overview of GFP

Keywords

SONET; broadband networks; data communication; optical fibre networks; quality of service; standardisation; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication standards; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; DWDM; LAN; MAN; QoS; SONET/SDH links; WAN; broadband transport applications; byte-synchronous channel; client control functions; client management; data networking; dense wavelength division multiplexing; generic framing procedure; logical link layer signal; optical transport network; physical layer signal; standardized traffic adaptation protocol; transport network infrastructure; Asynchronous transfer mode; Local area networks; Logic; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Quality of service; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication traffic; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.1000215

Filename

1000215