Figure 22-6 Atf Connections, Simplified Example - Cisco BPX 8620 Installation And Configuration Manual

Networking Interworking
The following are the Frame Relay-to-ATM networking interworking functions:
• IGX switch Frame Relay (shelf/feeder) to IGX switch Frame Relay (either routing node or
shelf/feeder)
• MGX 8220 Frame Relay to MGX 8220 Frame Relay
MGX 8220 Frame Relay to IGX switch Frame Relay (either routing node or shelf/feeder)
•
IGX switch Frame Relay (either routing node or shelf/feeder) to BPX switch or MGX 8220 ATM
•
port
• MGX 8220 Frame Relay to BPX switch or MGX 8220 ATM port
On the IGX switch, interworking is performed by the UXM card.
A simplified example of the connection paths is shown in Figure 22-6. In interworking, the UXM card
receives FastPackets from the FRM, rebuilds the frames, and converts between frames and ATM cells.
Data is removed from one package and placed in the other. Congestion information from the header is
mapped to the new package.
This processing by the UXM trunk card is called Complex Gateway. UXM trunk cards are required on
every BPX switch to IGX switch hop in a Frame Relay to the ATM connection path.

Figure 22-6 ATF Connections, Simplified Example

Some typical ATF connection paths shown:
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Relay (T1)
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The cells within the frame are expected to possess the standard ATM Access Interface cell header. The
traffic is assumed to have AAL-5 PDUs, and will not function properly otherwise (framing errors will
result). Within the AAL-5 PDUs, the data must be packaged in standard Frame Relay frames, one frame
per PDU (with respect to the AAL-5 layer).
The UPC and ForeSight algorithms are applied according to their configured values. The cell headers
are converted into the proprietary Cisco WAN switching STI format before entering the network. The
cells are delivered to their destination according to the configured route of the connection. Cells can be
lost due to congestion.
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