M. Iliopoulos, A. Maniatopoulos and Th. Antonakopoulos:

Bridge-on-a-chip: Internetworking ATM with the IEEE802.11 Wireless LAN

The European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications - NOC’98, Manchester, UK, June 1998.

Abstract: Inter-networking ATM with legacy LANs requires dynamic and transparent connectivity, flexibility on resources utilization, quality of service support and effective network management. Inter-networking devices must be characterized by low operational costs and the best possible price-to-performance ratio. This paper presents a “Bridge-on-a-Chip” solution for inter-networking ATM networks with IEEE802.11 wireless LANs.

The bridge architecture is based on the ARM/Thumb RISC processor and uses a multi-master configuration for supporting the two network interfaces, the bridge relay functions and the network management functions. The bridge microcode implements LAN Emulation (LANE) and Multiprotocol over ATM (MPOA), for supporting bridging functions over legacy protocols in ATM, as well as logical grouping of users independent of their physical location, as presented in the virtual workgroup concept.

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