Fiber channel FCS/ATM interworking: design and performance study

Author

Anzaloni, A. ; Agnitelli, N. ; Avaltroni, F. ; Corti, S. ; Listanti, M. ; Campagna, C.

Author_Institution

R&D Div., Ericsson Telecomunicazioni, Rome, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

28 Nov- 2 Dec 1994

Firstpage

1801

Abstract

The Fibre Channel provides a common efficient transport vehicle for existing channel protocols like intelligent peripheral interface (IPI), small computer system interface (SCSI), and high-performance parallel interface (HIPPI), while offering the characteristics of a new framing type protocol. The main focus driving the design was to find a solution to obtain high throughput using hardware processing and careful protocol relaying architecture between the FCS and ATM. A performance study, considering the protocol relaying architecture and the FCS flow control was performed; the results show that throughput rates approaching line bit rates can be achieved

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; network interfaces; peripheral interfaces; telecommunication standards; transport protocols; Fiber Channel FCS/ATM interworking; channel protocols; design; framing type protocol; hardware processing; high-performance parallel interface; intelligent peripheral interface; line bit rates; performance; protocol relaying architecture; small computer system interface; throughput rates; Bit rate; Computer architecture; Computer interfaces; Computer peripherals; Concurrent computing; Hardware; Intelligent vehicles; Relays; Throughput; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1994. GLOBECOM '94. Communications: The Global Bridge., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1820-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1994.513183

Filename

513183