Using the common LAN to introduce ATM connectivity

Author

Armitage, G.J. ; Adams, K.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia

fYear

1993

fDate

19-22 Sep 1993

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

43

Abstract

A method for using LAN technologies to transport asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells is outlined. B-ISDN service requirements are broken into three groups, i.e., high speed media, multimedia interfaces, and service control software. Compression techniques for bandwidth intensive services are discussed. It is argued that these services may be provided using sub-Mb/s ATM links. The ATM concept is shown to be independent of the physical layer, allowing low-speed services to be implemented and utilized before high speed links are in place. An architecture is described where a LAN/fiber gateway switches cells between an external B-ISDN fiber and an in-house Ethernet based ATM network

Keywords

B-ISDN; asynchronous transfer mode; local area networks; multimedia communication; ATM connectivity; B-ISDN service requirements; Ethernet based ATM network; asynchronous transfer mode; common LAN; high speed media; multimedia interfaces; service control software; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Business; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Local area networks; Physical layer; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1993., Proceedings., 18th Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4510-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1993.591181

Filename

591181