Cell Relay Archive

[simo.veikkolainen@vtt.fi (Simo Veikkolainen)]

If you want some additional information regarding the
issues mentioned by Timothy, take a look at my
home page at http://www.vtt.fi/tte/tte22/simo/
You will find a ps-version of my thesis that deals
with the problems of introducing the "wireless"
to wireless ATM ;)

Best regards,
Simo

On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 23:03:11 -0800, "Timothy W. Smith"
<twsmith@pobox.com> wrote:

>ATM was originally designed to be used on highly reliable physical
>media (i.e. fibre).  The wireless media (radio waves) is highly prone
>to errors, and is one major consideration.  In addition the media is
>being shared by multiple users.  The number of mobile clients in a
>cell is dynamic.  There is a possibility of collisions in the wireless
>envirionment, which is not possible in fibre.
>
>Aother, that is indicated by Scott, is that all ATM cells are required
>to arrive in the order that they were sent.  In wireless networks the
>mobile client can move from one cell to the next.  In the handoff
>the network must ensure that all the cells that were sent along one
>route from the previous cell are 'recieved' before the cells being
>sent in the current cell.  This is due to the connection oriented nature
>of ATM.
>