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  • Fujitsu (Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe ) : MB 86681

    Enhanced ATM Self Routing Switch Element

    The SRE-L is an enhanced version of the SRE which is optimised for the LAN switching environment. The output buffers have been increased from 75 to 146 cells and additional capabilities have been added to its Traffic Routing and Management capabilities, such as Early Packet Discard, to comply with the latest standards of the ATM Forum. In addition, Vertical Flow Control has been added to guarantee that vertically opposite SRE-Ls within a switch fabric have no cell loss once a cell has been routed. The SRE-L supports all of the features of the SRE with the addition of the following:

    • Selectable per VC EFCI Marking
    • Selectable per output queue Vertical Flow Control (VFC)
    • Early Packet Discard (EPD) notification capability
    • 25 MHz operation
    • JTAG compliant

    Operation

    All inputs and outputs are 8-bit parallel, with independent strobe signals. The SRE selects the relevant output for an incoming cell based on a routing tag previously appended to the cell header. This function can be performed either by the Address Translation Controller or the Adaptation Layer Controller, depending on the direction of data flow and the switch configuration. Extensive simulation has been performed to analyse the behaviour of switch fabrics based on the SRE for a wide variety of traffic types and loading factors.

    As well as regenerating the expansion output port signals to remove the need for any buffering between switch elements, the pin-out of the SRE has been defined to enable devices to be laid out on the board as shown. This enables extremely compact switches to be constructed. One other interesting feature of the SRE is that the configuration parameters are defined using the input expansion port pins of switches in the top row of the matrix. This information is passed serially to all other SREs during system initialisation.

    Since the number of elements in a matrix increases proportionally to the square of the number of inputs, the SRE is best suited for relatively small switches (up to 32x32). This should be adequate for most customer premises applications, however larger structures can be achieved by connecting individual matrices in a multi-path delta configuration. Each switch element can use a selectable part of the tag field, therefore intermediate address translation/tag generation is unnecessary.

    Technology: CMOS
    Package: PQFP 208 Pin


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