Generic framing procedure (GFP): the catalyst for efficient data over transport

Author

Bonenfant, Paul ; Rodriguez-Moral, Antonio

Volume

40

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

79

Abstract

We discuss the generic framing procedure (GFP) in the context of emerging nontraditional data over transport applications. Coupled with complementary efforts to define virtual concatenation, automatic link capacity adjustment schemes, and distributed control planes for transport networks, we contend that GFP serves as the catalyst for efficient and standard data over transport service offerings

Keywords

SONET; channel capacity; data communication; distributed control; local area networks; protocols; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication control; telecommunication standards; wide area networks; LAN; MAN; SONET/SDH networks; automatic link capacity adjustment; data over transport; distributed control; efficient data transport service; generalized multiprotocol label switching; generic framing procedure; standard; standard data transport service; synchronous digital hierarchy; synchronous optical network; transport networks; virtual concatenation; Application specific integrated circuits; Asynchronous transfer mode; Distributed control; Ethernet networks; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; SONET; Signal mapping; Standards development; Synchronous digital hierarchy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.1000216

Filename

1000216