ST20138 - Unicorn II

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STANDARDS COMPLIANCE AND INTEROPERABILITY

Eleven years of experience have enabled ST to develop a chipset that offers full compatibility with all cur-

rent full-rate and G.lite ADSL standards, USB standards including plug-and-play support. The Unicorn II

chipset has a comprehensive driver suite that supports Windows, Mac and Linux. The Unicorn is fully in-

teroperable with all major DSLAMs and is compliant to TR-048 (DSLforum) and ETSI 101 388 perfor-

mance requirements.

2.1 Protocols Supported

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RFC 2684 bridged (LLC/SNAP and VCMUX)

- replacing RFC 1483

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RFC 2684 routed (LLC/SNAP and VCMUX)

- replacing RFC 1483

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RFC 2364 PPP over ATM

(LLC and VCMUX)

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RFC 2516 PPP over Ethernet

(LLC and VCMUX)

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RFC 2225 Classical IP over ATM

2.2 ATM and ATM adaptation support

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VPI range: 0 - 255

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VCI range: 32 - 65535.

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UNI 3.0, 3.1, 4.0 signaling

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TR37 (auto-configuration)

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UBR, CBR (with customizable parameters)

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AAL0, AAL5

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SOFTWARE SUITE

Unicorn shipping package includes a complete set of field proven software drivers and tools for Windows,

Mac and Linux, including PC software for modem control and communications protocols. The software

drivers are fully configurable and include diagnostic tools which are specifically developed to minimize op-

erator helpdesk interference.

3.1 Software interface

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NDIS WAN or NDIS5-ATM PCI driver and USB driver

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MAC / Linux OS: Open Transport driver

3.2 OS support

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Win98, Win98SE, WinME, Win2K, WinXP

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MAC OS 8.6 till 10.3.x

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Up to Linux kernel 2.6.x

3.3 Hardware interfaces

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USB connector or PCI interface

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RJ11 connector

3.4 Maximum supported speed

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8Mbps downstream

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1Mbps upstream