An OC-12/STS-3c/ATM interface for gigabit network applications

Author

Lalk, Gail R. ; Davie, Bruce S. ; Marcus, William S. ; Young, Kenneth C., Jr.

Author_Institution

Bellcore, Morristown, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

23-26 May 1993

Firstpage

868

Abstract

The implementation of an experimental OC-12/STS-3c/ATM transmission interface for use in the AURORA Gigabit Testbed is described. This interface maps four streams of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell data from network switch nodes and computer hosts into the Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) STS-3c transmission format and multiplexes these channels onto a single OC-12 (622 Mb/s) optical signal for transmission to remote network nodes. The interface also performs the reverse demultiplexing functions. It has been tested in both a stand-alone configuration and in one of its intended applications, as an element in an interface between a workstation and an OC-12 ATM/SONET network. This application represents the first known demonstration of a 622-Mb/s ATM workstation interface

Keywords

SONET; asynchronous transfer mode; demultiplexing equipment; multiplexing equipment; network interfaces; test facilities; workstations; 622 Mbit/s; ATM workstation interface; AURORA Gigabit Testbed; OC-12/STS-3c/ATM transmission interface; SONET; Synchronous Optical Network; asynchronous transfer mode; computer hosts; demultiplexing; multiplexing; network switch nodes; optical signal; Application software; Asynchronous transfer mode; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Optical computing; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; SONET; Testing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0950-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1993.397396

Filename

397396