ATM Option System Reference - Comtech EF Data
ATM Option System Reference - Comtech EF Data
ATM Option System Reference - Comtech EF Data
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Product Overview<br />
- Congestion is determined using the Congestion Queue size parameter.<br />
Command/Response Field Mapping<br />
This involves a different process in different directions:<br />
• FR-to-<strong>ATM</strong> direction: The Frame Relay C/R field is mapped to the Common Part<br />
Convergence Sublayer – User to User (CPCS-UU) Least Significant Bit (LSB) of<br />
the CPCS PDU.<br />
• <strong>ATM</strong>-to-FR direction: The CPCS-UU LSB is mapped to the C/R field.<br />
• In both directions the NetPerformer handles the mapping internally, with no PVC<br />
configuration required.<br />
DLCI Field Mapping<br />
• With FRF.8 there is a one-to-one mapping between the Frame Relay DLCI and<br />
the <strong>ATM</strong> VPI/VCI.<br />
Transparent versus Translation Mode<br />
FRF.8 specifies two operating modes for user protocol encapsulation at the upper layer:<br />
• Transparent Mode: The IWF leaves the user data unchanged. No mapping,<br />
fragmentation or reassembly is performed.<br />
• Translation Mode: The IWF maps the Frame Relay RFC-1490 frames to <strong>ATM</strong><br />
RFC-1483 CPCS Protocol <strong>Data</strong> Units (PDU) and vice versa, as shown in Figure<br />
1-8.<br />
- When the IWF receives fragmented packets on a Frame Relay PVC, it reassembles<br />
them before forwarding them to the <strong>ATM</strong> PVC.<br />
- In the reverse direction, fragmentation is performed on the received CPCS<br />
PDU before forwarding the fragmented packets to the Frame Relay PVC.<br />
• Each FRF.8 PVC is configured separately for transparent versus translation<br />
mode:<br />
- For Transparent Mode, set the Header Translation parameter to NO.<br />
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