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Frame Relay
Course code: CAP660
Contents
Contents..................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction................................................................................................................ 5 Transmission.............................................................................................................. 5 Benefits of Frame Relay.............................................................................................. 6 The Frame Relay Protocol........................................................................................... 7 Frame Relay Frame Formats:..................................................................................... 8 Con estion Control..................................................................................................... ! "ulticastin ................................................................................................................ ! #et$or% Im&lementation.......................................................................................... '' To&olo y................................................................................................................ '( Confi urations....................................................................................................... '3 References................................................................................................................ ()
Acknowledgement
* ould li+e to e,-ress my dee-est a&d si&cere res-ect to my su-ervisor. Mr/ Parvesh Mor . 'e-artme&t o0 Scie&ce a&d Tech&olo!y hose e&coura!eme&t. 0or his !uida&ce a&d su--ort 0rom the be!i&&i&! hich allo ed me to develo- a& u&dersta&di&! o0 the sub1ect/ This or+ ould &ot have bee& -ossible ithout the hel- a&d su--ort o0 my 0amily a&d 0rie&ds/ My si&cere tha&+s !o to all the sta00s o0 'e-artme&t o0 Scie&ce a&d Tech&olo!y 0or -rovidi&! a -ros-erous atmos-here 0or lear&i&! a&d research/
Introduction
Today2s commu&icatio& &et or+s are built usi&! di!ital tru&+s that are i&here&tly reliable. hile -rovidi&! a hi!h throu!h-ut a&d mi&imal delay/ The traditio&al a--roach to -ac+et s itchi&! 34/#)5.used i&6ba&d si!&ali&!. a&d i&cludes e&d6to6e&d a&d ell as -er6ho- 0lo co&trol a&d error co&trol/ This a--roach results i& co&siderable overhead/ Frame relay is a -ac+et6mode tra&smissio& service that e,-loits characteristics o0 moder& &et or+s by mi&imi7i&! the amou&t o0 error detectio& a&d recovery -er0ormed i&side the &et or+/ Thus. by streamli&i&! the commu&icatio&s -rocess. lo er delay a&d hi!her throu!h-ut is achieved/ Frame relay o00ers 0eatures that ma+e it ideal to i&terco&&ect 8ANs usi&! a 9ide Area Net or+ 39AN5/ Traditio&ally. this as do&e usi&! -rivate li&es. or circuit s itchi&! over a leased li&e/ :o ever. this method has several dra bac+s; mai&ly that it becomes -rohibitively e,-e&sive as the si7e o0 the &et or+ i&creases 6 both i& terms o0 miles a&d &umber o0 8ANs/ The reaso& 0or the hi!h6cost is that hi!h6s-eed circuits a&d -orts must be setu- o& a -oi&t6to6-oi&t basis bet ee& a& i&creasi&! &umbers o0 brid!es/ Also. circuit6mode co&&ectivity results i& a lot o0 asted ba&d idth 0or the bursty tra00ic that is ty-ical o0 8ANs/ Frame Relay -rovides a -ac+et6s itchi&! data commu&icatio&s ca-ability that is used across the i&ter0ace bet ee& user devices 30or e,am-le. routers. brid!es. host machi&es5 a&d &et or+ e<ui-me&t 30or e,am-le. s itchi&! &odes5/ =ser devices are o0te& re0erred to as data termi&al e<ui-me&t 3'T(5. hile &et or+ e<ui-me&t that i&ter0aces to 'T( is o0te& re0erred to as data circuit6termi&ati&! e<ui-me&t 3'C(5/ The &et or+ -rovidi&! the Frame Relay i&ter0ace ca& be either a carrier6-rovided -ublic &et or+ or a &et or+ o0 -rivately o &ed e<ui-me&t servi&! a si&!le e&ter-rise/
Transmission
For tra&smissio& o0 data bet ee& e&d6users. the -rotocol used is >/?##. versio& o0 8AP'/ @&ly the core 0u&ctio&s o0 >/?## are used 0or 0rame relay: "5 Frame delimiti&!. ali!&me&t a&d tra&s-are&cy 3usi&! :'8C 0la!s5 #5 Frame multi-le,i&! a&d demulti-le,i&! usi&! the address 0ield/ %5 Ali!&i&! 0rame bou&daries A5 *&s-ecti&! the 0rame to e&sure that it is &ot too lo&! or too short )5 'etectio& o0 tra&smissio& errors usi&! a 0rame chec+ se<ue&ce 3FCS5 65 Co&!estio& Co&trol 0u&ctio&s/ hich is a& e&ha&ced
Congestion Control
The ob1ectives 0or 0rame relay co&!estio& co&trol are s-eci0ied as 0ollo s: "5 Mi&imi7e 0rame discard/ #5 Mai&tai&. ith hi!h -robability a&d mi&imum varia&ce. the a!reed u-o& <uality o0 service/ Mi&imi7e the -ossibility o0 o&e e&d user2s mo&o-oli7i&! &et or+ resources at the e,-e&se o0 other e&d6users/ 3Fair&ess5 %5 @verhead o& e&d6users should be limited/ A5 8imit the s-read o0 co&!estio& to other &et or+s a&d other eleme&ts i& the &et or+ )5 @-erate e00ectively re!ardless o0 tra00ic 0lo i& either directio& bet ee& e&d6users Co&!estio&6avoida&ce -rocedures are used at the o&set o0 co&!estio& to mi&imi7e the e00ect other &et or+/ This re<uires e,-licit si!&ali&! by the &et or+/ Co&!estio&6recovery -rocedures are used to -reve&t &et or+6colla-se i& the 0ace o0 severe &et or+ co&!estio&/ These -rocedures are ty-ically i&itiated he& the &et or+ has be!u& to dro0rames. hich must be re-orted by some hi!her level o0 so0t are a&d serve as a& im-licit si!&ali&! mecha&ism/
Multicasting
The Frame Relay Forum has s-eci0ied a sta&dard ay o0 im-leme&ti&! multicast services over a PCC/ These services must be -re6co&0i!ured by a &et or+ admi&istrator/ The model used is based o& the 4/6Multicast Service 'e0i&itio&/ The multicast service model sho s a multicast group co&sisti&! o0 members that -artici-ate i& a multicast commu&icatio& usi&! a& i&termediate e&tity called the multicast server/ The multicast server is a lo!ical e&tity hich -rovides the multicast service to all members/
(ne)way Multicasting
*& this co&0i!uratio&. o&e &ode acts as a root a&d the rest as leaves o0 a tree/ This multicast service re<uires that the root have -oi&t6to6-oi&t 0rame relay co&&ectio&s established to all leaves i& the multicast !rou-/ The root ill also mai&tai& a se-arate o&e6 ay multicast co&&ectio& to the multicast server/ 9ith this co&0i!uratio&. the root se&ds multicast 0rames via the o&e6 ay multicast co&&ectio& ide&ti0ied by a o&e6 ay multicast '8C* 3Mdlci5/ The multicast server ill acce-t 0rames 0rom the Mdlci a&d ill se&d the 0rame to each lea0 member o0 the active multicast !rou-/
Two-way Multicasting
The t o6 ay multicast service -rovides 0or du-le, tra&smissio&s/ *& o&e directio& the data u&its are multicast. hile i& the other. they are co&ce&trated/ @&e -artici-a&t i& a t o6 ay multicast co&&ectio& is de0i&ed as the root; it 0u&ctio&s to se&d the data u&its i&to the multicast server 0or multicasti&!/ The rest o0 the -artici-a&ts are de0i&ed as the leaves/ The 0ollo i&! rules a--ly to the t o6 ay multicast service/ '* A&y data u&its se&t by the root are tra&smitted to all leaves i& the active multicast !rou-/ (* A&y data u&its se&t by a lea0 are tra&smitted to the root o0 the active multicast !rou-. but &ot to the other leaves/
)way Multicasting
The third multicast service is &6 ay multicasti&!/ All tra&smissio&s i& this scheme are du-le, a&d all are multicast/ All members o0 the multicast !rou- are tra&smissio& -eers/ A&y data se&t o& a &6 ay multicast co&&ectio& is se&t to every other member o0 the active multicast !rou-/
etwork Im!lementation
Frame Relay ca& be used as a& i&ter0ace to either a -ublicly available carrier6-rovided service or to a &et or+ o0 -rivately o &ed e<ui-me&t/ A ty-ical mea&s o0 -rivate &et or+ im-leme&tatio& is to e<ui- traditio&al T" multi-le,ers ith Frame Relay i&ter0aces 0or data devices. as ell as &o&6Frame Relay i&ter0aces 0or other a--licatio&s such as voice a&d video6teleco&0ere&ci&!/
Topology
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References
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