Internetworking over ATM: Experiences with and RSVP
Alexander Schill1996, Computer Networks and ISDN Systems
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Abstract
This paper describes recent experiences with evaluating and implementing advanced intemetwork communication protocols on top of ATM. First, performance results with conventional TCP/IP over ATM based on Digital Equipment's Gigaswitch/ATM are reported. It becomes obvious that current protocols must be tuned specifically in order to exploit ATM performance. In order to address advanced quality of service issues based on resource reservation, the paper describes an implementation of IPng (IP next generation) and RSVP (Resource Reservation Protocol) over ATM. Solutions for mapping quality of service and traffic parameters in an adequate way are presented. Moreover, the issue of address mapping from Prig onto ATM is discussed. Implementation results and experiences in these areas are illustrated. Finally, ongoing current work on resource reservation in advance is presented. It is outlined that longer-term resource planning and scheduling provides additional benefits for selected ATM applications. port-and network-level protocols are required in heterogeneous settings, for example with Ethernet, FDDI, and ATM subnetworks being interconnected [I, 191. The typical choice of many vendors is to offer the TCP/IP protocol suite [24] over ATM, based on the IP over ATM recommendation of the ATM Forum [ 181. LAN Emulation [ 15,171 presents another alternative, however with significant limitations. Most important, compatibility of existing applications with ATM is achieved by using IP over ATM.
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