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> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:46:23 -0400 > From: [email protected] (Padma Krishnaswamy) > To: [email protected], [email protected] (Tim Salo) > Subject: Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI > > One other point about the AIPs relative to the HSSI/DSU ; you may not be > interested in this feature , but the AIPs implement traffic shaping- ie You > can set Peak and Average rates and burst size; you could use this to > subrate your traffic -should you be in a situation where this is desirable. That is my understanding. I think that this is part of a some more general observations: o The AIP card is a more intelligent card and can perform more functions today and is much more likely to perform more functions in the future. o I suspect that few, if any, new ATM features will be added to the HSSI card. Again, your router vendor should be telling you all of this. > I havent looked around to check out any new ADSU type products since mid 95, > but it used to be that you could not do this with an ADSU. This is also my understanding. I thought I saw some work being done on an enhanced DXI specification, (the interface between the router and the ATM DSU), but I think that, for the most part, not much work is being done with ATM DSU solutions today. ATM DSUs were largely developed as a quick-to-market solution for adding ATM functionality to routers, without the need for new router boards. Their time has passed. -tjs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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