AAC / CellSMART Quad Packet Protocol Module
(4 ports, 2.048 Mbps/port)

General
Interface types supported

Frame-based interfaces, user-selectable:

ATM DXI/FUNI

SMDS DXI

SMDS Kentrox Cisco Interface (obsolete)

Frame Relay UNI

HDLC frames (frame forwarding mode of operation)

Mates with these PLMs

Quad DSX-1

Quad E1

Tri V.35/EIA-530 & DSX-1

Tri V.35/EIA-530 & E1

Quad V.35/EIA-530

Processing capacity

2.048 Mbps (4528.3 cells/second) per port

Services supported / mode of operation

SMDS over ATM via SMDS DXI or ATM DXI/FUNI

Utilizes AAL3/4

Frame Relay over ATM

Service or network interworking per VC via Frame Relay UNI

Service interworking only via ATM DXI/FUNI

Utilizes AAL5 HDLC Frame Forwarding (of HDLC framed data)

Utilizes AAL5

Traffic types handled

nrt-VBR, rt-VBR, UBR, and UBR+

Connections
Number of virtual connections per port

SMDS DXI Mode: 1 VC with MID multiplexing capability, all traffic routed to a connectionless server over an ATM UNI or to another port with an SMDS interface (AAL3/4)

HDLC Frame Forwarding Mode: 1 VC for all HDLC frames. All traffic routed to a single destination (channel extension) over an ATM UNI or to another HDLC port (AAL5)

Frame Relay UNI: 512 VCCs or DLCIs (AAl5)

ATM DXI: Maximum of 512 connections, of which up to 255 can be VPCs (AAL5 or AA3/4)

Traffic and Congestion Managmeent
General

Congestion management algorithm with partial packet discard and early packet discard and 4 VBR priorities.

Input queuing

Non-blocking input queue.

Maximum burst size / burst tolerance

210 cells

Output queuing

VBR output queue, with traffic and congestion management capability.

Rate control

MAR and SCR rate control for CLP0+1, per VC

Reassembly

Up to 18 simultaneous reassembly buffers of packets up to 9232 octets in length. User-selectable increase in number of simultaneous reassemblies to 36 with MTU reduced to 4616 octets

Statistics Collection
Statistics collected per port

Number of valid cells (input and output)

Number of cells discarded for SCR violation

Number of cells discarded for congestion

Number of cells discarded due to corrupted AAL3/4 payload

Number of valid packets (input and output)

Number of packets discarded for invalid address (DLCI or DFA)

Number of discarded input packets (FCS errors)

Number of discarded AAL5 CPCS_PDSUs (CRC error after reassembly).

Number of packets discarded due to reassembly timeouts

Number of packets discarded due to unavailable reassembly buffer

Standards Compliance
Meets applicable requirements of the following standards/generic requirements

Bellcore TR-TSV-000772, "Generic Requirements in Support of Switched Multi-Megabit Data Service, " May 1991

FRF.5, December 1994, "Frame Relay/ATM PVC Network Interworking Implementation Agreement."

FRF.8, April 1995, "Frame Relay/ATM PVC Service Interworking Implementation Agreement."

Bellcore GR-1113-CORE, "Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) Protocols Generic Requirements, " July 1994

Bellcore GR-2842-CORE, "ATM Serivce Access Multiplexer (SAM) Generic Requirements, " November 1994

Bellcore TA-NWT-001110, "Broadband ISDN Switching System Generic Requirements, " August 1992

ITU-T Recommendation 1.311, "Broadband ISDN General Aspects"

ITU-T Recommendation 1.150, "Asyncronous Transfer Mode Functional Characteristic"

ITU-T Recommendation 1.361, "Broadband ISDN ATM Layer Specification"

ITU-T Recommendation 1.3.63, "Broadband ISDN Adaptation Layer Specification"

ITU-T Recommendation 1.364, "Support of Broadband Connectionless Data Service on B-iSDN"

ITU-T Recommendation 1.555, "Frame Relaying Bearer Service Interworking"

ITU-T Recommendation 1.371, "Traffic Control and Congestion Control in B-ISDN"

SMDS Interest Group SIG-TS-008/1994, May 1994, "Protocol Interface Specification for Implementation of SMDS over an ATM-based Public UNI"

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