Shared access to many-to-many ATM connections

Author

Gauthier, Eric ; Le Boudec, Jean-Yves ; Oechslin, Philippe

Author_Institution

Lab. de Reseaux de Commun., Ecole Polytech. Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

3

fYear

1996

Firstpage

2123

Abstract

We present a protocol for controlling a shared ATM multicast tree supporting many-to-many communication. The protocol supports one or several ATM VCCs of the many-to-many type. The number of VCCs is independent of the number of endpoints. The protocol guarantees that there is no interleaving on any VCC of the tree. The protocol also guarantees that the traffic contract associated with the VCCs is respected, thus making it possible to use ordinary VCCs of the CBR, VBR or UBR class. No re-sequencing server is required, and all cell forwarding is performed at the ATM layer

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; protocols; telecommunication channels; CBR class; SMART; UBR class; VBR class; VCCs; cell forwarding; many-to-many ATM connections; many-to-many communication; multicast service; protocol; shared ATM multicast tree; shared access; traffic contract; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Communication system control; Contracts; Interleaved codes; Multicast protocols; Network servers; Proposals; Relays; Resource management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1996. GLOBECOM '96. 'Communications: The Key to Global Prosperity

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3336-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1996.592008

Filename

592008