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Distributed switching will become a key feature for flexible and inexpensive workgroup switches as well as for dedicated high performance networking solutions. The Philips Research Laboratories in Aachen have demonstrated the feasibility of distributed ATM switching by developing a ring-based ATM switch. After solving the hardware related problems we are now focusing our efforts on the design of a distributed software platform for switch control and management purposes.
In this paper we present a distributed software architecture based on object oriented design that takes advantage of the inherent communication, processing and storage capabilities of the ATM hardware. The proposed architecture provides a framework for a location-transparent implementation, operation and maintenance of ATM switch applications like switch control, management and signalling as well as more specialized functions like location control for wireless ATM networks. The distributed, and consequently parallel execution of switch software on the proposed platform increases the overall flexibility and performance of the system.
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Duque-Antón, M., Günther, R., Karabek, R., Meuser, T. (1997). A Software Architecture for Control and Management of Distributed ATM Switching. In: Zitterbart, M. (eds) Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60729-5_14
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