European Project

ATD - Technology for ATD

Coordinator (INESC): M. Serafim Nunes
Starting date: 01/88; Duration: 5 years.
Funding institutions: European Commission.

The RACE 1022 "Technology for ATD" project lasted from 1988 to 1993. It comprised a consortium of 32 partners, including the leading industries and universities of Europe. This project, led by Alcatel Bell, designed and implemented various ATM subsystems, which were basically the first ATM equipment developments in Europe. INESC collaborated in the design of ATM terminals for audio and video. Basically, Terminal Adapters based on AAL1 were designed to adapt CBR audio and CBR video to ATM. These units were integrated in the final demonstration of the project at Swiss Telecom, Basel, Switzerland.

Mário Nunes was coordinator of INESC participation and responsible for the Workpackage "Terminal Adaptors" in this project.

ATD Brochure

References:

U. Assmus, Mário Nunes, "Transmission of Coded Sound Signals in a Future ATM Network", EBU Technical Review, September 1994, pp. 64-70.
U. Assmus, Mário Nunes, "Transmission de Signaux Sonores Codés dans un Futur Réseau ATM", UER Revue Technique, September 1994, pp. 53-59.
U. Assmus, Mário Nunes, "Übermittlung von codierten Audiosignalen Niedriger Bitrate in Einen Zukünftigen ATM-Netz" RTM - Rundfunktechnische Mitteilungen, Nº 3/94, July 1994, pp. 85-91.
Casaca, A. J.; Nunes, M. S.; "The Functionality of the ATM Adaptation Layer", Proceedings of the IFIP TC-6 International Conference on Information Network and Data Communication III (INDC-90), pp. 155-167, Lillehammer - Noruega, March 1990.
Published in: Information Network and Data Communication III. Edited by D. Khakhar and F. Eliassen, NORTH-HOLLAND, 1990.
Rocha, R.; Casaca, A.; Nunes, M. S.; "A Distributed Merger for ATM", International Conference on Integrated Broadband Services and Networks", IEE, Londres - Reino Unido, October 1990.
Hessenmuller, H.; Nunes, M. S.; "A Terminal Adaptor for High Quality Audio and Video Signals to be used in a Broadband ISDN Based on ATD", Proceedings of the International Symposium on Broadcasting Technology (ISBT'91), pp. 130-135, Zuhai, R. P. China, Agosto de 1991. Published in: ISBT 1991 International Symposium on Broadcasting Technology. Technology Exchange Limited, 1991.
Costa, C. S.; Nunes, M. S.; Casaca, A. J.; "Sequence Number Synchronization in the ATM Adaptation Layer", MELECON'91, Ljubljana - Slovenia, May 1991.
Casaca, A. J.; Nunes, M. S.; "Some Aspects of the Adaptation of Services to an ATM Network", INDC-92, International Conference on Information Network and Data Communication, IFIP TC-6, Helsinki, Finland, March 1992.
Hessenmuller, H.; Nunes, M. S.; "Concept for Connecting Existing Terminals to ATM Networks", ECT´94 - 4th International Russian Forum on Electronic Communication Technology, Moscow, Russia, June 1994.
Nunes, M. S.; Hessenmuller, H.; "ATM Terminal Adaptor for TV Distribution", Proceedings of Australian Telecommunication Networks & Applications Conference 1994 (ATNAC´94), Volume I - pp. 207 - 212, Melbourne, Australia, December 1994.
Nunes, M.S. ; Casaca, A. ; “An ATM Terminal Adaptor for High Quality Audio Distribution”, INESC Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 5, Nº2, 1996.

Deliverables

Mário Nunes (Editor), et. al., "Deliverable 203, Report on Specification of Terminal Adaptors", December 1988.
Mário Nunes (Editor), Horst Hessenmuller, Augusto Casaca, Rui Rocha, Peter Soerensen, Marcel Vlaming, et. al., "Deliverable 204, Report on Use of Components in Terminal Adaptors", March 1990.
Mário Nunes (Editor), Horst Hessenmuller, Augusto Casaca, P. Soerensen, M. Vlaming, et. al., "Deliverable 205, Report on the Design of Terminal Adaptors", December 1990.
Mário Nunes (Editor), C. Vermeulen, Augusto Casaca, S. Fiskvik, Horst Hessenmuller, et. al., "Deliverable 220, Report on the Design of R1022 Terminal Adaptors", November 1991.
T. Knuutila, M. Potts, Mário Nunes, et. al., "Deliverable 240, Report on the Design of R1022 Generic Control Software", Relatório oficial do projecto RACE 1022 - Technology for ATD. Coautor com os outros membros da Workpackage Generic Software (GSW), December 1991.
Mário Nunes (Editor), Horst Hessenmuller, P. Soerensen, M. Vlaming, et. al., "Deliverable 221, Report on the Integration of the Terminal Adaptors", June 1993.
D. de Schoenmacker,, Mário Nunes , et. al., "Deliverable 250, Final Report on the R1022 Technology Testbed Customer Premises Network & Main Network", January 1994.