Native ATM support for CORBA platforms

The CORBA standard as published by the OMG defines among other things the s tructure of a middleware platform called an Object Request Broker (ORB) in order to achieve interoperability of applications in distributed and hetero geneous environments. The standard does not prescribe a specific technology for building this middleware platform. In this paper we show how to integr ate ATM technology into a CORBA compliant implementation. Making use of the advantages offered by ATM requires the modification of the ORB API. A prot otype is based on the freely available CORBA implementation called MICO. We show how to make use of MICO's micro-kernel architecture in order to achie ve a seamless integration of a new transport layer.The CORBA standard as pu blished by the OMG defines among other things the structure of a middleware platform called an Object Request Broker (ORB) in order to achieve interop erability of applications in distributed and heterogeneous environments. Th e standard does not prescribe a specific technology for building this middl eware platform. In this paper we show how to integrate ATM technology into a CORBA compliant implementation. Making use of the advantages offered by A TM requires the modification of the ORB API. A prototype is based on the fr eely available CORBA implementation called \textsc{Mico}. We show how to ma ke use of \textsc{Mico}'s micro-kernel architecture in order to achieve a s eamless integration of a new transport layer.