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Adaptive digital access protocol: a MAC protocol for multiservice broadband access networks
James E. Dail,M.A. Dajer,Chia-Chang Li,Peter Magill,Curtis A. Siller,Kotikalapudi Sriram,Norman Ashton Whitaker +6 more
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The authors describe a protocol that can adapt to the changing demands of a mix of synchronous transfer mode (STM) and asynchronousTransfer mode (ATM) applications and efficiently allocate bandwidth to a variety of bursty traffic sources and its performance with respect to throughput, latency, and bandwidth efficiency is examined.Abstract:
The authors describe a protocol that can adapt to the changing demands of a mix of synchronous transfer mode (STM) and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) applications and efficiently allocate bandwidth to a variety of bursty traffic sources. In the case of a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, the protocol resides in customer premises equipment (CPE) and a common head-end/central-office (HE/CO) controller. A medium-access control (MAC) processor provides for dividing the time domain for a given digital bitstream into successive frames, each with multiple STM and ATM time slots. Within the STM region of a frame, variable-length time slots are allocated to calls (e.g., telephony, video telephony) requiring different amounts of bandwidth. In the upstream channels, a contention access signaling time slot is also provided in the STM region for call control and setup requests. Within the ATM region, fixed-length time slots accommodate one individual ATM cell. These ATM time slots may be reserved for a user for either the duration of a call or a burst of successive ATM cells, or shared via a contention process. At least one contention time slot is available for signaling messages related to ATM call control and setup requests. The MAC-layer protocol, its relation to circuit- and ATM-amenable applications, and its performance with respect to throughput, latency, and bandwidth efficiency for several service scenarios are examined.read more
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