LAN Emulation Clients
One of the important functions that LANE performs is to hide the underlying ATM layers from the higher protocol layers. This is done by a special device driver that is called a LAN Emulation Client (LEC) or a LANE Client.
See Figure 21.4 shows the location of the LANE Client in an endpoint system's protocol stack. The higher-layer protocol software sends and receives data using send and receive calls that are part of a standard library of Ethernet or Token Ring device driver calls.
Figure 21.4. A LAN Emulation Client in an endpoint system.
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There are LANE Client device drivers for every major operating system. ...
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