CA2075650C - Frame length control in a data transmission using atm network - Google Patents
Frame length control in a data transmission using atm networkInfo
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Abstract
A length of an I field of an I frame in the data link layer is controlled in accordance with a rate of cells lost in an ATM layer. The loss rate of cells is calculated by watching sequence numbers included in the cells in an ATM adaptation layer.
Description
- 1 - F~-9321 FRAME LENGTH CONTROL IN DATA TRANSMISSION2~75650 USING ATM NETWORK
BACKGROUND OF THE lNV~;N'l'ION
1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a length of information frames assembled to perform error recovery control in data transmission that is realized using an ATM
(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) network.
BACKGROUND OF THE lNV~;N'l'ION
1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a length of information frames assembled to perform error recovery control in data transmission that is realized using an ATM
(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) network.
2. Description of the Related Art The ATM network provides various types of services having various traffic characteristics in various transmission speeds from high speed to low speed, by segmentating transmission data into cells having a fixed 53 bytes length and by statistically multiplexing the cells. When a congestion of cells occurs because of an increase in traffic in the AT~ network, cells can be lost, because the ATM layer does not provide an error recovery procedure. Therefore, to securely transmit burst digital data, an error recovery control should be provided in a data link layer higher than the ATM layer.
Conventional data link protocols such as an LAPB (link access protocol balanced) may be used to perform the error recovery controI, wherein the transmission data are segmentated into frames including error detection codes and the frames are retransmitted if frames are not received in a receivPr side or if errors are detected in received frames.
If the frames are short, a process for error detection is frequently carried out, and therefore, transmission efficiency is lowered, but, if the frames are long, the error detection process is not frequently carried out. However, as the~traffic in the ~TM network increases, the congestion of cells frequently occurs.
Then, if the frames are long, the rate o~ received frames , -- . . .
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SUMMARY OF THE l~v~NlION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for adaptively controlling a length of frames in accordance with the congestion condition of cells in an ATM network.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a length of information frames in a data transmission where transmitted data are divided into information frames in a first layer of a hierarical reference model where error recovery con-trol is attained and the information frames are further divided into cells in a second layer lower than the first layer in order to be transmitted on an asynchronous transfer mode network, comprising the steps of detecting a rate of cells lost in the transmission on the asynchronous transfer mode network, in the second layer, determining a length in accordance with the rate detected in the detecting step, in the first layer, and using the length det~rrined in the det~rmin;ng step as the length of the information frames in the first layer.
In accordance with the present invention there is also provided an apparatus for controlling the length of information frames in a data transmission where transmitted data are divided into the information frames in a first layer of a hierarical reference model where error recovery control is attained and information frames are further divided into cells in a second layer lower than the first layer in order to be transmitted on an as~nchronous transfer mode network, comprising means for detecting a rate of cells lost in the transmission on the asynchronous transfer mode network, in the second layer, means for det~rr;n;ng a length in accordance wlth the rate detected by the detecting means, in the first layer, and means for using the length determined by the 20756~0 det~rm;ning means as the length of the information frames in the first layer.
Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a transmission system wherein retransmission control is carried out in a layer highex than an ATM la~er;
Figures 2A to 2E are diagrams showing formats of data transmitted between units shown in Fig. l;
Figure 3 is a diagram showing a detailed format of the SAR-PDU shown in Fig. 2D;
Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the construction o~ a transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 5 is a block diagram explaining an operation of the data transmission supervisor shown in Fig. 4 at a receiver side;
Figure 6 is a block diagram explaining an operation of the data transmission supervisor at a transmitter side;
Figure 7 is a diagram showing a first example of the protocol for c~- ~icating the length data from the receiver side to the transmitter side;
Figure 8A and 8B are diagrams showing a format of an I frame cont~ining the length data;
Figure 9 is a diagram showing correspondence of the length data with the I field length;
Figure 10 is a diagram showing a second example of the protocol for comm-lnicating the length data from the receiver side to the transmitter sidei and Figures llA and llB are diagrams showing a format of the I frame in the second protocol.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRE~ EMBODIMENTS
Before describing the preferred embodiments according to the present invention, examples of the related art are given with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 shows an example of a transmission system _ 4 _ 2 ~ 7~ ~ ~o wherein retransmission control is carried out in a layer higher than an ATM layer, and Figures 2A to 2E show formats of data transmitted between units shown in Fig. 1.
In a transmitted data flowr shown by arrows indicating a direction to the right in Fig. 1, a data segmentation unit 10 divides data of Fig. 2A/ received from a higher layer, into segments 20 having a prescribed length as shown in Fig. 2B. A transmission control unit 12 assembles an I (information) frame by adding an A (address) field 22, C (control) field 24, and FCS
(frame check sequence) field 26 to I field 28 consisting of each segment, for example, according to X.25 LAPB
(link access protocol balanced), as shown in Fig. 2C. An SAR (segmentation and reassembly) unit 14 divides I
frames into segments having a 44 bytes length and assembles SAR-PDU (protocol data unit) having a 48 bytes length by adding header 30 and trailer 32 to the segment as a payload 34, as shown in Fig. 2D. An ATM unit 16 assembles an ATM cell by adding an ATM header 36 having a 5 bytes length to the SAR-PDU as an ATM payload 38, and sends the ATM cell to an ATM network 18.
In a received data flow shown by arrows indicating a direction to the left in Fig. 1, data are transferred according to a process in reverse order of the aforementioned process.
A retransmission control unit 40 at a receiver side ex~ines whether a received I frame inciudes errors, by using the FCS field. ~ccording to the X.25 L~PB, the retransmission control unit 40 at the receiver side sends an RR (receive ready) frame including N(R) (receive sequence number) to the retransmission control unit 40 at a transmitter side when one or more I frames, not including errors, are received, and sends an RE~ (reject) frame when an I frame, including an error, is received.
The retransmission control unit 40 at the transmitter side retransmits the I frame when the RR frame is not 20756~Q
received within a prescribed time or when the REJ frame is received.
As shown in Fig. 1, the data segmentation unit 10, the tr~n~m;~sion control unit 12 and the retransmission control unit 40 belong to a data link layer of the OSI reference model, the SAR unit 14 belongs to ATM adaptation layer, and the ATM unit 16 belongs to an AT~ layer.
As mentioned previously, if the prescribed length of the I field is small, transmission efficiency is lowered because of a frequent error detection process. On the other hand, if the prescribed length of the I field is large, the transmission efficiency is lowered as the traffic in the ATM network 18 increases.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 3 shows a detailed format of the SA~-PDU
shown in Fig. 2D. The SAR-header 30 includes an ST (segment type) field, an SN (sequence num~er) field, and an MID (multiplexing identification) field. The SAR-trailer 32 includes an LI (length indicator) field and a CRC (cyclic redundancy check code) field.
Figure 4 shows the construction of a transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The same reference numerals as used in Fig. 1 are used for constituents that are similar to those in Fig. 1.
A data transmission supervisor 42 consists of the retransmission control unit 40, a loss rate watching unit 44, and a frame length setting unit 46.
The loss rate watching unit 44 at a receiver side calculates the rate of lost cells per unit time, from the number of lost cells or cells including errors among cells received in the SAR unit 14 and the number of received cells not including errors. The number of lost cells is obtained by watching the SN fields of the ATM
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cells received in the SAR unit 14, and whether the received cells include errors is determined by using the CRC field of th~ SAR-trailer 32 in the SAR unit 14~ The rate of lost cells is fed through the retransmission control unit 40 to the frame length setting unit 46 at the receiver side.
The frame length setting unit 46 determines -the optimum length of the I field in accordance with the rate of lost cells. Namely, if the loss rate is smaller, longer length is selected, and if the loss rate is larger, a shorter length is selected. The frame length setting unit 46 cl- icates the determined I field length to the data segmentation units 10 of the receiver side and the transmitter side. The communication of the I field length to the transmitter side is carried out through a link between the retransmission control units 40 of the receiver and transmitter sides according to a protocol described later.
The retransmission control unit 40 performs the above process to attain a frame length control as well as the previously mentioned retransmission process.
An operation of the data transmission supervisor 42 at the receiver side is described referring to Figure 5.
The loss rate watching unit 44 calculates the loss rate as mentioned previously (arrow A3, and c~- -;cates the loss rate to the retransmission control unit 40 (arrow B). The retransmission control unit 40 commllnicates the loss rate to the frame length setting unit 46 (arrow C). The frame length setting unit 46 determines the optimum I field length according to the loss rate, and comm~nicates the I field length to the data segmentation unit 10 (arrow D) and to the retransmission control unit 40 (arrow E). The retransmission control unit 40 communicates the I field length through the transmission control unit 12 (arrow F) to a data transmission supervisor 42 at the transmitter side according to a protocol described later.
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An operation of the data transmission supervisor 42 at the transmitter side is described referring to Figure 6. Upon receiving the I field length from the receiver side (arrow G), the retransmission control S unit 40 c~ ni cates the I field length to the frame length setting unit 46 (arrow ~l). The frame length setting unit 46 sets the I field length at the data segmentation unit 10 (arrow I).
Figure 7 shows a first example of the protocol for cl -;cating the ~ field length from the data transmission supervisor 42 of the receiver side to that of the transmitter side. The data transmission supervisor at the receiver side sends a SABM (set asynchronous balanced mode) co~~-nd to the transmitter side in order to establish a data link and communicate the I field length data. If an UA (unnumbered acknowledgement) response is received from the transmitter side, an I frame con~in;ng the I field length data is sent to the transmitter side. If an RR
(receive read~) response is received, a DISC (disconnect) command is sent to the transmitter side. After an U~
response is received, the data link is released.
Figures 8A and 8B show a format of the I frame cont~ining the I field length data. The I frame includes one~ byte of I field as shown in Fig. ~A. The I field includes a 3 bit length data field as shown in Fig. 8~.
The binary code in the length data field corresponds to the length of I field for cont~ining informatio~
transmitted from the transmitter side, as shown in Fig. 9.
Figure 10 shows a second example of the protocol for c- icating the I field langth from the receiver side to the transmitter side. In the protocol shown in Fig. 10., the I field Iength data is transmitted on a special I frame having the same format as a usual I frame for transmitting usual data in a reverse direction, and a data link for transmitting the field length data only is 2075~0 not re~uired. Figure llA and Figure llB show a frame format of the I frame in the second protocol. As shown in Fig. llA, the I frame includes l byte information after the C field. ~he l byte information includes a 3 bit length data field and 1 bit flag field, as shown in Fig. llB. The binary code in the length field represents the length of I field for cont~;n;ng usual information, according to the correspondence o~ Fig. 9. When the flag field is "1", the I frame includes the usual I field having a 1 kB to 128 kB length. When flag field is "O", the I frame contains length data in the length data field and does not include the usual I field.
Conventional data link protocols such as an LAPB (link access protocol balanced) may be used to perform the error recovery controI, wherein the transmission data are segmentated into frames including error detection codes and the frames are retransmitted if frames are not received in a receivPr side or if errors are detected in received frames.
If the frames are short, a process for error detection is frequently carried out, and therefore, transmission efficiency is lowered, but, if the frames are long, the error detection process is not frequently carried out. However, as the~traffic in the ~TM network increases, the congestion of cells frequently occurs.
Then, if the frames are long, the rate o~ received frames , -- . . .
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.
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- 2 - 207~0 including errors increases, so that retransmission frequently occurs, and consequently, transmission efficiency i5 lowered.
SUMMARY OF THE l~v~NlION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for adaptively controlling a length of frames in accordance with the congestion condition of cells in an ATM network.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a length of information frames in a data transmission where transmitted data are divided into information frames in a first layer of a hierarical reference model where error recovery con-trol is attained and the information frames are further divided into cells in a second layer lower than the first layer in order to be transmitted on an asynchronous transfer mode network, comprising the steps of detecting a rate of cells lost in the transmission on the asynchronous transfer mode network, in the second layer, determining a length in accordance with the rate detected in the detecting step, in the first layer, and using the length det~rrined in the det~rmin;ng step as the length of the information frames in the first layer.
In accordance with the present invention there is also provided an apparatus for controlling the length of information frames in a data transmission where transmitted data are divided into the information frames in a first layer of a hierarical reference model where error recovery control is attained and information frames are further divided into cells in a second layer lower than the first layer in order to be transmitted on an as~nchronous transfer mode network, comprising means for detecting a rate of cells lost in the transmission on the asynchronous transfer mode network, in the second layer, means for det~rr;n;ng a length in accordance wlth the rate detected by the detecting means, in the first layer, and means for using the length determined by the 20756~0 det~rm;ning means as the length of the information frames in the first layer.
Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a transmission system wherein retransmission control is carried out in a layer highex than an ATM la~er;
Figures 2A to 2E are diagrams showing formats of data transmitted between units shown in Fig. l;
Figure 3 is a diagram showing a detailed format of the SAR-PDU shown in Fig. 2D;
Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the construction o~ a transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 5 is a block diagram explaining an operation of the data transmission supervisor shown in Fig. 4 at a receiver side;
Figure 6 is a block diagram explaining an operation of the data transmission supervisor at a transmitter side;
Figure 7 is a diagram showing a first example of the protocol for c~- ~icating the length data from the receiver side to the transmitter side;
Figure 8A and 8B are diagrams showing a format of an I frame cont~ining the length data;
Figure 9 is a diagram showing correspondence of the length data with the I field length;
Figure 10 is a diagram showing a second example of the protocol for comm-lnicating the length data from the receiver side to the transmitter sidei and Figures llA and llB are diagrams showing a format of the I frame in the second protocol.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRE~ EMBODIMENTS
Before describing the preferred embodiments according to the present invention, examples of the related art are given with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 shows an example of a transmission system _ 4 _ 2 ~ 7~ ~ ~o wherein retransmission control is carried out in a layer higher than an ATM layer, and Figures 2A to 2E show formats of data transmitted between units shown in Fig. 1.
In a transmitted data flowr shown by arrows indicating a direction to the right in Fig. 1, a data segmentation unit 10 divides data of Fig. 2A/ received from a higher layer, into segments 20 having a prescribed length as shown in Fig. 2B. A transmission control unit 12 assembles an I (information) frame by adding an A (address) field 22, C (control) field 24, and FCS
(frame check sequence) field 26 to I field 28 consisting of each segment, for example, according to X.25 LAPB
(link access protocol balanced), as shown in Fig. 2C. An SAR (segmentation and reassembly) unit 14 divides I
frames into segments having a 44 bytes length and assembles SAR-PDU (protocol data unit) having a 48 bytes length by adding header 30 and trailer 32 to the segment as a payload 34, as shown in Fig. 2D. An ATM unit 16 assembles an ATM cell by adding an ATM header 36 having a 5 bytes length to the SAR-PDU as an ATM payload 38, and sends the ATM cell to an ATM network 18.
In a received data flow shown by arrows indicating a direction to the left in Fig. 1, data are transferred according to a process in reverse order of the aforementioned process.
A retransmission control unit 40 at a receiver side ex~ines whether a received I frame inciudes errors, by using the FCS field. ~ccording to the X.25 L~PB, the retransmission control unit 40 at the receiver side sends an RR (receive ready) frame including N(R) (receive sequence number) to the retransmission control unit 40 at a transmitter side when one or more I frames, not including errors, are received, and sends an RE~ (reject) frame when an I frame, including an error, is received.
The retransmission control unit 40 at the transmitter side retransmits the I frame when the RR frame is not 20756~Q
received within a prescribed time or when the REJ frame is received.
As shown in Fig. 1, the data segmentation unit 10, the tr~n~m;~sion control unit 12 and the retransmission control unit 40 belong to a data link layer of the OSI reference model, the SAR unit 14 belongs to ATM adaptation layer, and the ATM unit 16 belongs to an AT~ layer.
As mentioned previously, if the prescribed length of the I field is small, transmission efficiency is lowered because of a frequent error detection process. On the other hand, if the prescribed length of the I field is large, the transmission efficiency is lowered as the traffic in the ATM network 18 increases.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 3 shows a detailed format of the SA~-PDU
shown in Fig. 2D. The SAR-header 30 includes an ST (segment type) field, an SN (sequence num~er) field, and an MID (multiplexing identification) field. The SAR-trailer 32 includes an LI (length indicator) field and a CRC (cyclic redundancy check code) field.
Figure 4 shows the construction of a transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The same reference numerals as used in Fig. 1 are used for constituents that are similar to those in Fig. 1.
A data transmission supervisor 42 consists of the retransmission control unit 40, a loss rate watching unit 44, and a frame length setting unit 46.
The loss rate watching unit 44 at a receiver side calculates the rate of lost cells per unit time, from the number of lost cells or cells including errors among cells received in the SAR unit 14 and the number of received cells not including errors. The number of lost cells is obtained by watching the SN fields of the ATM
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cells received in the SAR unit 14, and whether the received cells include errors is determined by using the CRC field of th~ SAR-trailer 32 in the SAR unit 14~ The rate of lost cells is fed through the retransmission control unit 40 to the frame length setting unit 46 at the receiver side.
The frame length setting unit 46 determines -the optimum length of the I field in accordance with the rate of lost cells. Namely, if the loss rate is smaller, longer length is selected, and if the loss rate is larger, a shorter length is selected. The frame length setting unit 46 cl- icates the determined I field length to the data segmentation units 10 of the receiver side and the transmitter side. The communication of the I field length to the transmitter side is carried out through a link between the retransmission control units 40 of the receiver and transmitter sides according to a protocol described later.
The retransmission control unit 40 performs the above process to attain a frame length control as well as the previously mentioned retransmission process.
An operation of the data transmission supervisor 42 at the receiver side is described referring to Figure 5.
The loss rate watching unit 44 calculates the loss rate as mentioned previously (arrow A3, and c~- -;cates the loss rate to the retransmission control unit 40 (arrow B). The retransmission control unit 40 commllnicates the loss rate to the frame length setting unit 46 (arrow C). The frame length setting unit 46 determines the optimum I field length according to the loss rate, and comm~nicates the I field length to the data segmentation unit 10 (arrow D) and to the retransmission control unit 40 (arrow E). The retransmission control unit 40 communicates the I field length through the transmission control unit 12 (arrow F) to a data transmission supervisor 42 at the transmitter side according to a protocol described later.
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An operation of the data transmission supervisor 42 at the transmitter side is described referring to Figure 6. Upon receiving the I field length from the receiver side (arrow G), the retransmission control S unit 40 c~ ni cates the I field length to the frame length setting unit 46 (arrow ~l). The frame length setting unit 46 sets the I field length at the data segmentation unit 10 (arrow I).
Figure 7 shows a first example of the protocol for cl -;cating the ~ field length from the data transmission supervisor 42 of the receiver side to that of the transmitter side. The data transmission supervisor at the receiver side sends a SABM (set asynchronous balanced mode) co~~-nd to the transmitter side in order to establish a data link and communicate the I field length data. If an UA (unnumbered acknowledgement) response is received from the transmitter side, an I frame con~in;ng the I field length data is sent to the transmitter side. If an RR
(receive read~) response is received, a DISC (disconnect) command is sent to the transmitter side. After an U~
response is received, the data link is released.
Figures 8A and 8B show a format of the I frame cont~ining the I field length data. The I frame includes one~ byte of I field as shown in Fig. ~A. The I field includes a 3 bit length data field as shown in Fig. 8~.
The binary code in the length data field corresponds to the length of I field for cont~ining informatio~
transmitted from the transmitter side, as shown in Fig. 9.
Figure 10 shows a second example of the protocol for c- icating the I field langth from the receiver side to the transmitter side. In the protocol shown in Fig. 10., the I field Iength data is transmitted on a special I frame having the same format as a usual I frame for transmitting usual data in a reverse direction, and a data link for transmitting the field length data only is 2075~0 not re~uired. Figure llA and Figure llB show a frame format of the I frame in the second protocol. As shown in Fig. llA, the I frame includes l byte information after the C field. ~he l byte information includes a 3 bit length data field and 1 bit flag field, as shown in Fig. llB. The binary code in the length field represents the length of I field for cont~;n;ng usual information, according to the correspondence o~ Fig. 9. When the flag field is "1", the I frame includes the usual I field having a 1 kB to 128 kB length. When flag field is "O", the I frame contains length data in the length data field and does not include the usual I field.
Claims (6)
1. A method of controlling the length of information frames in a data transmission where transmitted data are divided into information frames in a first layer of a hierarical reference model where error recovery control is attained and the information frames are further divided into cells in a second layer lower than the first layer in order to be transmitted on an asyndronous transfer mode network, comprising the steps of:
i) detecting the rate of cells lost in the transmission on the asynchronous transfer mode network, in the second layer;
ii) determining a length in accordance with the rate detected in step i), in the first layer; and iii) using the length determined in step ii) as the length of the information frames in the first layer.
i) detecting the rate of cells lost in the transmission on the asynchronous transfer mode network, in the second layer;
ii) determining a length in accordance with the rate detected in step i), in the first layer; and iii) using the length determined in step ii) as the length of the information frames in the first layer.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the steps i) and ii) are executed in a receiver side and the method further comprises the step of iv) communicating the determined length to a transmitter side in the first layer.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each cell in the second layer includes a sequence number and the step i) includes the substeps of:
monitoring the sequence number of each cell, and calculating the rate of lost cells from the monitored sequence number.
monitoring the sequence number of each cell, and calculating the rate of lost cells from the monitored sequence number.
4. An apparatus for controlling the length of information frames in a data transmission where transmitted data are divided into information frames in a first layer of a hierarical reference model where error recovery control is attained and the information frames are further divided into cells in a second layer lower than the first layer in order to be transmitted on an asynchronous transfer mode network, comprising means for detecting a rate of cells lost in the transmission on the asynchronous transfer mode network, in the second layer;
means for determining a length in accordance with the rate detected by the detecting means, in the first layer; and means for using the length determined by the determining means as the length of the information frames in the first layer.
means for determining a length in accordance with the rate detected by the detecting means, in the first layer; and means for using the length determined by the determining means as the length of the information frames in the first layer.
5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4, further comprising means for communicating the length determined by the determining means at a receiver side to a transmitter side.
6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein each cell in the second layer includes a sequence number and the detecting means includes means for monitoring the sequence number of each cell, and means for calculating the rate of lost cells from the sequence number monitored by the monitoring means.
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