IP Over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (IPATM)

Charter 

Chair(s)

      Mark Laubach:  laubach@netcom.com

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Description of Working Group

     The IP Over Asynchronous Transfer Mode Working Group will focus
     on the issues involved in running internetworking protocols
     over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks.  The final goal
     for the working group is to produce standards for the TCP/IP
     protocol suite, and recommendations which could be used by
     other internetworking protocol standards (e.g., ISO, CLNP and
     IEEE 802.2 Bridging).

     The working group will initially develop experimental protocols
     for encapsulation, multicasting, addressing, address
     resolution, call set up, and network management to allow the
     operation of internetwork protocols over an ATM network.  The
     working group may later submit these protocols for
     standardization.

     The working group will not develop physical layer standards for
     ATM. These are well covered in other standards groups and do
     not need to be addressed in this group.

     The working group will develop models of ATM internetworking
     architectures.  This will be used to guide the development of
     specific IP over ATM protocols.

     The working group will also develop and maintain a list of
     technical unknowns that relate to internetworking over ATM.
     These will be used to direct future work of the working group
     or be submitted to other standards or research groups as
     appropriate.

     The working group will coordinate its work with other relevant
     standards bodies (e.g., ANSI T1S1.5) to insure that it does not
     duplicate their work, and that its work meshes well with other
     activities in this area.  The working group will select among
     ATM protocol options (e.g., selection of an adaptation layer)
     and make recommendations to the ATM standards bodies regarding
     the requirements for internetworking over ATM where the current
     ATM standards do not meet the needs of internetworking.

Goals and Milestones

Done       First Meeting.  Establish detailed goals and milestones for
           Working Group.

Done       Post an Internet-Draft for a mechanism for IP over ATM.
           (Multi-Protocol Interconnect over ATM AAL5)

Done       Submit the Multi-Protocol Interconnect over ATM AAL5 to the
           IESG as a Proposed Standard.

Mar 1993   Post Internet-Draft for ``Internet Requirements for ATM
           Signaling.''

Jul 1993   Submit ``Internet Requirements for ATM Signaling'' to the
           IESG for consideration as an Informational Document.


Internet-Drafts

     ``ATM Signaling Support for IP over ATM'', 07/13/1994, M.
     Perez, F. Liaw, D. Grossman, A. Mankin
     <draft-ietf-ipatm-sig-01.txt>

Request For Comments

RFC 1483   ``Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5''

RFC 1577   ``Classical IP and ARP over ATM''

RFC 1626   ``Default IP MTU for use over ATM AAL5''