Year
1996
Recommended Citation
Giannetti, Bernard John, Providing an ATM medium access controller for asynchronous traffic over FDDI-II, thesis, , University of Wollongong, 1996. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2984
Abstract
This thesis presents the research and development for an ATM/FDDI-II hardware device called an A-MAC (ATM-Medium Access Controller). The A-MAC enables the isochronous capacity of an FDDI-II LAN to cany ATM cells between multiple ATM users connected to the FDDI-II. In effect, an FDDI-II with A-MACs functions as a distributed ATM switch. The A-MAC segments user PDUs into ATM cells and transmits those cells into timeslots on the isochronous channel. Cells received from the isochronous channel are reassembled by the A-MAC back into the original PDU.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.