IFIP C-23, Information Networks and Data Communication V, 18-21 April 1994, Funchal, Portugal
This paper analyzes the particular requirements that multimedia communication imposes on the network adapter and the I/O subsystem of a workstation. We show the drawbacks of current (parallel) communication subsystems and develop new architectural concepts applicable to multimedia communication subsystems. The key ideas are the separation of isochronous and asynchronous traffic, parallelism between sender and receiver, and the execution of per-byte operations in a hardware pipeline. We adapt these concepts to the design of a Gb/s adapter and to the design of a light-weight, slower speed adapter and present some scenarios for their application.
Type:
Conference
City:
Funchal
Date:
1994-04-18
Department:
Digital Security
Eurecom Ref:
1050
Copyright:
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