Support of LAN FCS in Ethernet packet over ATM AAL5.
Nurit Sprecher <[email protected]>
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In RFC 2684 on Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5, the
Payload Format for Bridged Ethernet/802.3 PDUs is defined as follows:
+-------------------------------+
| MAC destination address |
+-------------------------------+
| |
| (remainder of MAC frame) |
| |
+-------------------------------+
| LAN FCS (if PID is 0x00-01) |
+-------------------------------+
The LAN FCS option is VC dependent.
In case that the LAN FCS is supported, duplicate checksum calculations are
performed: one for the AAL5 frame and one for the Ethernet frame.
In what cases is it required/suggested/worth to support the LAN FCS when
transmitting a packet within an AAL5 packet over an ATM network?
Can a bridge that resides at the end of the ATM, de-capsulate the ATM packet
and transmit the Ethernet packet over a LAN, calculate the LAN FCS and set
it in the Ethernet packet (if required)?
Thanks in advance,
Nurit Sprecher