Title :
Buffer management and flow control in the Credit Net ATM host interface
Author :
Kosak, Corey ; Eckhardt, David ; Mummert, Todd ; Steenkiste, Peter ; Fisher, Allan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
Among the many benefits of ATM networking are the potential for connections with negotiated quality-of-service (QoS) guarantees and application-specific data management at network endpoints. We describe the architecture of a PCI bus host adapter for OC-3 and OC-12 ATM, focusing on challenges in the areas of buffer management and flow control, since these are vital to realizing the bandwidth and QoS potential of ATM endpoint hosts
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; buffer storage; computer networks; storage management; system buses; telecommunication congestion control; ATM endpoint hosts; ATM networking; Credit Net ATM host interface; OC-12 ATM; OC-3 ATM; PCI bus host adapter architecture; application-specific data management; bandwidth; buffer management; flow control; negotiated quality-of-service guarantees; network endpoints; Algorithm design and analysis; Application specific integrated circuits; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Computer science; Quality management; Quality of service; Switches; Virtual colonoscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1995., Proceedings. 20th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7162-9
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1995.527365
