A simple multicast configuration with classical IP over ATM: performance comparison with FDDI and ATM LAN emulation

Author

Kim, Jae H. ; Thompson, Michael Y. ; Ray, Sankar ; Butler, Richard C., II

Author_Institution

Boeing Co., Seattle, WA, USA

Volume

3

Issue

7

fYear

1999

fDate

7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

217

Lastpage

219

Abstract

An integrated battlespace simulation, consisting of an off-board sensor, an airborne C/sup 4/I platform, and a fighter aircraft, was performed over an ATM OC-3 backbone network interconnecting multiple, disparate processing platforms (i.e., SUN Sparc-20s, DEC Alpha-500/600s, and SGI Onyx-1/Onyx-2). A multicast capability is required to run a realistic battlespace simulation program over an ATM network. However, it is not supported by the existing protocols (e.g., classical Internet protocol (IP) over ATM). A simple solution that addresses the ATM classical IP multicast problem is described. The network and application performance of ATM classical IP is then compared with that of FDDI and LAN emulation.

Keywords

FDDI; Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; command and control systems; digital simulation; local area networks; multicast communication; performance evaluation; transport protocols; ATM LAN emulation; ATM OC-3 backbone network; ATM classical IP multicast problem; DEC Alpha-500/600; FDDI; IP over ATM; Internet protocol; SGI Onyx-1/Onyx-2; SUN Sparc-20; airborne C/sup 4/I platform; application performance; fighter aircraft; integrated battlespace simulation; multicast configuration; network performance; off-board sensor; performance comparison; processing platforms; Asynchronous transfer mode; Broadcasting; Computational modeling; Computer displays; FDDI; LAN emulation; Military aircraft; Multicast protocols; Sun; Unmanned aerial vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4234.775259

Filename

775259