Data transport applications using GFP

Author

Scholten, Mike ; Zhu, Zhenyu ; Hernandez-Valencia, Enrique ; Hawkins, John

Volume

40

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

96

Lastpage

103

Abstract

An emerging generic framing procedure (GFP) standard defines a new data encapsulation protocol designed to accept and transport multiple protocols over metropolitan, storage, and wide area networks. Why is another data encapsulation method needed for transporting data traffic over WANs? How does GFP encapsulate data for transport? This article provides an introduction to data transport applications, reviews existing data transport options (e.g., ATM and HDLC), introduces GFP as a new data transport technology, and compares GFP transport to existing popular alternatives

Keywords

SONET; asynchronous transfer mode; data communication; data encapsulation; local area networks; optical fibre networks; synchronous digital hierarchy; transport protocols; wide area networks; ATM; Ethernet frames; GFP standard; HDLC; IP traffic; IP/PPP packets; SONET/SDH; WAN; addressing information; data encapsulation protocol; data traffic; data transport applications; data transport technology; generic framing procedure; metropolitan area networks; multiple protocols transport; optical transport networks; storage area networks; wide area networks; Asynchronous transfer mode; Cyclic redundancy check; Data encapsulation; Ethernet networks; Physical layer; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication traffic; Transport protocols; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.1000219

Filename

1000219