Cisco's AIP vs HSSI
Bill Manning
bmanning at ISI.EDU
Tue Oct 15 14:24:58 UTC 1996
> 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
I don't think that HSSI was designed as a point solution
until ATM came along. Couching your answers in the context
of an ATM solution is presumption, or so it appears to me.
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--bill
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