Parallel transport subsystem implementation for high-performance communication

Requirements of emerging applications together with rapid changes in networking technology towards gigabit speeds require new adequate transport systems. Integrated designs of transport services, protocol architecture, and implementation platforms are required by forthcoming applications in high-speed network environments. The transport subsystem PATROCLOS (parallel transport subsystem for cell based high speed networks) is designed with special emphasis on a high degree of inherent parallelism to allow efficient implementations on multiprocessor architectures combined with specialized hardware for very time critical functions. The paper presents the new parallel protocol architecture of PATROCLOS, an appropriate implementation architecture based on transputer networks, and performance evaluation results, which indicate high throughput values.