An asynchronous data-driven event-building scheme based on ATM switching fabrics
M. Letheren, J. Christiansen, Irakli Mandjavidze, H. Verhille, Martin De Prycker, B. Pauwels, Guido H. Petit, Steven A. Wright, John Lumley · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · 1994
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) packet-switching network technology is proposed as the interconnect for building high-performance, scalable data acquisition architectures. This paper introduces the relevant characteristics of ATM and describes components for the construction of an ATM-based event builder: (1) a multi-path, self-routing, scalable ATM switching fabric, (2) an experimental high performance workstation ATM-interface, and (3) a VMEbus ATM-interface. The requirement for traffic shaping in ATM-based event-builders is discussed and an analysis of the performance of several such schemes is presented.>