Internetworking Asynchronous Transfer Mode With The Consultative
Committee For Space Data Systems Advanced Orbiting Systems Protocols
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Internetworking Asynchronous Transfer Mode With The Consultative
Committee For Space Data Systems Advanced Orbiting Systems Protocols
Timothy Hanson
and John Murphy
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Abstract:
Future space missions will require the integration of voice, video and data
communications at increasing speeds and reduced costs.
Both manned and un-manned missions may use the NASA/JPL Deep Space
Network (DSN), which consists
of two segments, the space segment and the ground segment. The space
segment will use Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)
Advanced Orbiting Systems (AOS) protocols which end at the DSN ground
stations. These protocols have been designed with the intended channel
being a space segment. The ground based segments may use the
emerging standard for broadband communications of integrated services
called Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). ATM has been
designed with the intended channel being optical fibre. Thus the
integration of the space segment with the ground network poses various
implementation issues. The issues addressed here are the possible methods
for integrating CCSDS AOS with ATM.
Thu Jun 8 12:28:11 BST 1995