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Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI

  • From: Avi Freedman
  • Date: Tue Oct 15 11:13:14 1996

> 	The orginal question can be paraphrased as; "which
> 	board is better" (see the subject line).
> 	Tim S. couched his replies in the form of an ATM only
> 	solution.  I feel that the HSSI board was not designed
> 	as such.  Your comments seem to back up my assertions.
> 	I would claim that for raw throughput, and assuming
> 	the DS3 daughtercard for the AIP, that the HSSI board
> 	delivers more useful bits at the expense of an outboard
> 	CSU.  This is based on my feeling that HDLC is more efficent
> 	than ATM signaling/framing.

Agreed...
But it's not a feeling, it's a fact :)

> --bill

Avi

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