A flexible ATM-host interface for XUNET II

Author

Berenbaum, Alan ; Dixon, Joe ; Iyengar, Anand ; Keshav, Srinivasan

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

7

Issue

4

fYear

1993

fDate

7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

23

Abstract

An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)-based host interface for the XUNET II experimental wide area network is described. The interface is flexible, and its software is easy to program and modify. The hardware implementation of the interface, which resembles a conventional single-board computer, and the programming model of the interface are described. The results of performance measurements of the interface taken at a number of levels are presented. Some recently proposed host interface designs that use the criteria of flexibility, simplicity, accessibility, and compatibility with the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) socket interface are outlined.<>

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; network interfaces; wide area networks; ATM-host interface; BSD; Berkeley Software Distribution; XUNET II; compatibility; hardware implementation; host interface designs; interface; performance measurements; programming model; single-board computer; socket interface; software; wide area network; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; FDDI; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Process design; Prototypes; Sockets; Software performance; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.224052

Filename

224052