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58 -- NATO TENDER: MULTIPURPOSE ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE (ATM) TEST EQUIPMENT SOL: ACE-95-29(30058)STC due 092595. Contact Point: Alexis Kemper 202/482-1512. The Shape Technical Centre (STC) is establishing an integrated asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) testbed that will be internetworking with STC's ISDN, SATCOM, FDDI and Ethernet LAN testbeds, as well as public ATM trial testbeds. One commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) multipurpose ATM test equipment is required in support of the overall ATC ATM testbed activities. The equipment will be used in a system development integration demonstration environment. Particularly, the test equipment will be used to provide and support the following services simultaneously: Analysis of ATM network interfaces connected to different physical media and adapting to different transmission frames E.G. 155 MBPS OC-3C and STM-1 framing for optical fibre and 2.048 MBPS EL framing for coaxial wire; performing real-time traffic flow simulation, monitoring and analysis; decoding of ATM and encapsulated high layer protocols; simulation, detection and report of anomalies and alarm conditions; collecting statistical data and conducting performance measurements. Copies of the invitation for bid and Shape Technical Centre general provisions can be obtained from Mr. A. A. M. Coppieters, Shape Technical Centre, PSC 71 Box 2000, APO AE 09715; Phone: 011-31-70-3142100; Fax: 011-31-70-3142112, or from Ayube Shirriff, Foreign Commercial Service, American Embassy, Lance Voorhout 102, 2514 EJ HE Hague, Netherlands; Phone: 31-70-3109416; Fax: 31-70-3632985. Bid submission deadline is 25 September 1995. In U.S., contact Alexis Kemper (fax: 202/482-5834) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Telecommunications if you have further questions. (226)

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