Specifications

Operations Manual
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If the LES does not have the ATM address of the MAC address, it will run an
address resolution protocol to resolve it. After receiving a reply with the
ATM address from the LES, the LEC sets up a point-to-point VCC to that
destination ATM address. After the data VCC is set up, all subsequent data
will be sent over the VCC to the LAN destination.
LEC ↔ BUS. After obtaining the BUS’s ATM address from the LES, a VCC
LEC sets up a bi-directional Multicast Send VCC to the BUS.