MIL-STD-188-176 Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM, Standardized Profile for No S/S DocumentThe purpose of this military standard MIL-STD is to provide a profile of applicable standards to be used by all Department of Defense DOD activities and associated organizations when acquiring asynchronous transfer mode ATM products, systems, or services.

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MIL-STD-188-176

CONTENTS

PARAGRAPH PAGE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.3 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.4 Revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.5 Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.2 Government documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.2.1	Specifications, standards, and handbooks . . . .			3
2.2.2	Other Government documents, drawings, and
	publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			4
2.3	Non-Government publications . . . . . . . . . .			4
2.3.1	ANSI standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			4
2.3.2	Bellcore Technical References . . . . . . . . .			5
2.3.3	ITU-T Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . .			5
2.3.4	ATM Forum (AF) specifications . . . . . . . . .			6
2.3.5 Internet Engineering Task Force requests for
comment (RFC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		.	.	7

2.3.6 Frame Relay Forum Implementation Agreements . . 7

2.3.7 SMDS Interest Group (SIG) . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.4 Order of precedence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3. DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c

3.1 Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c

3.2 Abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . 10

4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS .

4.1 General . .

4.2 Asynchronous transfer mode . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.2.1 Cell format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.2.2	User-to-network interface (UNI)		. . . . . . .	13
4.2.2.1	ATM subscriber-network elements		. . . . . . .	14
4.2.2.2	Non-ATM end systems . . . . .	.	. . . . . . .	14
4.2.3	Network-to-node interface (NNI)		. . . . . . .	16
4.2.4	Private network-to-node interfac	e (	P-NNI) . .	16
4.2.5	B-ISDN protocol reference model		. . . . . . .	16
4.2.5.1	Planes structure . . . . . . .	.	. . . . . . .	16
4.2.5.1.1	User plane . . . . . . . . . .	.	. . . . . . .	16
4.2.5.1.2	Control plane . . . . . . . .	.	. . . . . . .	17
4.2.5.1.3	Management plane . . . . . . .	.	. . . . . . .	17
4.2.5.1.3.1	Plane management . . . . . . .	.	. . . . . . .	17
4.2.5.1.3.2	Layer management . . . . . . .	.	. . . . . . .	17
4.2.5.2	Layered structure . . . . . .	.	. . . . . . .	17
4.2.5.2.1	Higher layers . . . . . . . .	.	. . . . . . .	17