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WO1992017014A1
WO1992017014A1 PCT/GB1992/000523 GB9200523W WO9217014A1 WO 1992017014 A1 WO1992017014 A1 WO 1992017014A1 GB 9200523 W GB9200523 W GB 9200523W WO 9217014 A1 WO9217014 A1 WO 9217014A1
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Adam Christopher Perry
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54—Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56—Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601—Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/2852—Metropolitan area networks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54—Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56—Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601—Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5638—Services, e.g. multimedia, GOS, QOS
    • H04L2012/5645—Connectionless
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54—Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56—Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601—Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5638—Services, e.g. multimedia, GOS, QOS
    • H04L2012/5646—Cell characteristics, e.g. loss, delay, jitter, sequence integrity
    • H04L2012/565—Sequence integrity
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/54—Store-and-forward switching systems 
    • H04L12/56—Packet switching systems
    • H04L12/5601—Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
    • H04L2012/5638—Services, e.g. multimedia, GOS, QOS
    • H04L2012/5646—Cell characteristics, e.g. loss, delay, jitter, sequence integrity
    • H04L2012/5652—Cell construction, e.g. including header, packetisation, depacketisation, assembly, reassembly
    • H04L2012/5653—Cell construction, e.g. including header, packetisation, depacketisation, assembly, reassembly using the ATM adaptation layer [AAL]
    • H04L2012/5656—Cell construction, e.g. including header, packetisation, depacketisation, assembly, reassembly using the ATM adaptation layer [AAL] using the AAL2

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  • a node has to send a message through a packet switched network which 1s of a length greater than the maximum packet size, the message is divided Into smaller packets which are sent Individually through the network.
  • the stream of packets through the network There are two approaches to sending the stream of packets through the network:- the datagram or connectionless service the virtual circuit or connection oriented service.
  • connection oriented service In the connection oriented service a pre-planned route 1s established before any packets are sent. Consequently, all packets will arrive in the order In which they were sent.
  • connectionless service The advantages of connectionless service are that call set-up time 1s avoided which is an advantage for short transactions, network congestion can be by-passed Improving performance and network failures can be by-passed improving reliability.
  • the Distributed Queue Dual Bus (DQDB) protocol specifies a hybrid network capable of carrying connectionless data as well as connection oriented and isochronous data.
  • the standard for this protocol is specified by the IEEE 802.6 Committee. However, the standardisation activity has been concentrated on defining the connectionless part of the standard and as a result, the definition of the remaining service types has been delayed.
  • connectionless data carrying DQDB slot is shown in Figure 1 and is identical to the proposed format of the ATM cell for the Type 4 ATM Adaption Layer (AAL-4).
  • AAL-4 format was originally intended to meet the needs of a connectionless, variable bit rate service class of traffic but has been enhanced to provide facilities for assured/unassured delivery and streaming mode traffic and may also be used in a connection oriented environment. Consequently there will be no special format problems generated by the interworking of DQDB and ATM at the payload level.
  • the Segment type (Seg T) field identifies.the segment as the Beginning of Message (BOM), a Continuation of Message (COM), the End of Message (EOM) segment or as a Single Segment Message (SSM);
  • the Sequence Number (SeqN) field contains a modulo 16 sequence of numbers which should be consecutive for each of the segments in a message;
  • the SeqN field will be used at the receiver to detect lost or misinserted (which includes duplicated) segments
  • MID Message Identifier
  • the value of the MID field is therefore unique for each sequence of segments comprising a message on a DQDB network. Similarly, in the case of an ATM network, the MID is also unique;
  • the Payload Length (PL) field contains a number which is a multiple of 4 in the range 4 to 44. This allows the segment contents to contain multiples of 32 bits for ease of processing;
  • CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
  • a DQDB based Metropolitan Area Network requires that the DQDB sub-networks (dual busses) are interconnected to form an extended DQDB network which will form the core of the MAN. There are two ways in which this may be achieved:-
  • connectionless broadband service could be transparently mapped on to the connection oriented ATM layer. This approach may lead to inefficiency in the use of virtual channels due to the need to reserve connections or at least have semi-permanent Virtual Circuit Identifiers (VCIs) between connectionless users.
  • VCIs Virtual Circuit Identifiers
  • the second approach is to use a connectionless 'server' function In the broadband network. All connectionless information could be sent to this 'server' and it would cope with the forwarding of these connectionless messages to their destinations. This approach would also require some reserved VCI space, or a call set-up overhead, to be associated with each connectionless transfer.
  • a third option not included in the draft CCITT recommendation is the subject of the present invention.
  • a method of transmitting variable length messages on a telecommunications network from a source to a destination via an ATM or DQDB switch in fixed length cells or slots which include a header field and a payload field wherein the method includes providing a segment type field, a sequence number field and a message identifier field in the payload field and wherein the routing information is obtained without use of the Virtual Path or Circuit Identifiers.
  • the method obtains the routing information from the connectionless messages destination address field which may conform to the E.164 numbering plan recommended by the CCITT for the ISDN era.
  • connectionless cell switch would preferably be cheap to implement and operate. It should also be compatible with, or upgradeable to, a future connection oriented ATM/DQDB switch for ease of interworking of connectionless and connection oriented cell based information.
  • a suitable Connectionless Cell Switch would typically contain a 16 x 16 switching element comprising a pair of back-to-back switch devices such as are described in co-pending U.K. Patent Applications Nos.8917530.1 and 9019340.0 which are incorporated herein by reference thereto.
  • Switches perform cell routing by the use of "routing digits" or tags which are appended to the cell, which digits designate from which port the cell is to be sent out. These routing digits will be associated with the MID field of the connectionless or ATM cell DQDB slot.
  • the MID field itself is associated with the destination address information, possibly conforming to CCITT Recommendation E.164 included in the connectionless Protocol Data Unit (PDU). This address information is contained in the first slot containing the first segment of the PDU. The same is true for AAL-4 PDUs which can also be used to send connectionless information.
  • PDU connectionless Protocol Data Unit
  • Rate adaption will be required to convert the rate of the incoming connection to that of the switch and the management processor as it is expected that the switch will operate asynchronously of its ports and connection of dissimilar line rates will be possible.
  • the E.164 address will be used to index a small data base of known port/E.164 mappings.
  • the Connectionless Cell Switch has Its initial application, in switching connectionless traffic contained in DQDB connectionless Queue Arbitrated (QA) slots. It would, however, be able to handle Isochronous Pre-Arbitrated (PA) and Connection Oriented (QA) DQDB slots as well.
  • An ATM based connectionless service could then be provided by simply changing the Line Termination Card and using a reserved, or a small set of reserved, VCI values which could be groomed out by the front end of the connection-oriented switch and passed to the CCS.
  • the operation of the switch for the DQDB connectionless service would be the same as for a B-ISDN connectionless service therefore the term 'cell' is used below to mean either a DQDB slot or an ATM cell.
  • An incoming cell could be, identified as connectionless by its reserved VPI/VCI value. If the cell was Identified as a SSM or a BOM cell, the address (E.164) and MID values would be passed to a Management Processor. The Management Processor would then use a look-up database to discover which switch port is associated with the address (E.164) and appending a tag to the cell for use by a Header Translation Unit and Switch Management Unit. This function is broadly similar to the server functionality required in the second of the B-ISDN proposals for implementing a connectionless service. Any subsequent cells received with a MID value corresponding to the MID value associated with the address (E.164) and assigned tag values would automatically have the tag appended and be sent Into the switch unit and directed to the relevant switch port.
  • CCS DQDB Isochronous and Connection oriented service operations are specific to the use of the CCS in a DQDB environment and would be switched on their VCI/VCP values alone. This would entail a connection oriented type of management being Implemented alongside the connectionless management described above. However, this would also be the case for any DQDB Multiport Bridge which supports these services as well as the basic DQDB connectionless service.

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Abstract

Dans un système de télécommunications où un noeud doit envoyer par un réseau à commutation par paquets un message dont la longueur dépasse la longueur maximale prévue pour les paquets, on divise le message en des paquets plus petits, qui sont envoyés individuellement par le réseau. Les paquets peuvent être envoyés par le service dit sans connexions, où chaque paquet est traité indépendamment. L'invention propose l'envoi de paquets par une méthode de transmission de messages de longueur variables sur un réseau de télécommunications depuis une source à une destination par l'intermédiaire d'un interrupteur ATM ou DQDB (bus double à file d'attente distribuée) dans des cellules ou des créneaux à longueur fixe qui comprennent un champ d'en-tête et un champ de texte, la méthode consistant à prévoir un champ de type segment, un champ de numéro de série, et un champ d'identification de messages dans le champ de texte. Les informations de cheminement sont obtenues sans l'utilisation d'identificateurs de chemin virtuel ou de circuit.
PCT/GB1992/000523 1991-03-22 1992-03-23 Commutation sans connexions pour un interrupteur atm WO1992017014A1 (fr)

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