ATCA: its performance and application for real time systems

Author

Karlsson, Alexandra Dana Oltean ; Martin, Brian

Author_Institution

Eur. Organ. for Nucl. Res., Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

53

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

688

Lastpage

693

Abstract

The Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA), describes a high bandwidth, high connectivity, chassis based architecture designed principally to appeal to the telecommunications industry. The object of the exercise was to closely connect compute engines within the chassis to multiple user services brought in at the front panel. This maps closely to the needs of real time systems and the main points of the architecture are reviewed and discussed in that light. The performance of an ATCA backplane has been tested and measured using a Backplane Tester developed within a 10 Gb/s Ethernet switch project that was an early adopter of the ATCA standard. Some results from these tests are presented.

Keywords

computer architecture; local area networks; real-time systems; telecommunication computing; telecommunication services; telecommunication switching; 10 Gbit/s; ATCA standard; Backplane Tester; Ethernet switch project; advanced telecom computing architecture; chassis based architecture design; front panel; real time system; telecommunications industry; Backplanes; Bandwidth; Communication industry; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Engines; Real time systems; Switches; Telecommunication computing; Testing; ATCA; backplane; data acquisition; multiprocessor interconnection; real time systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2006.873404

Filename

1644926