Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

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Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)Arjan DurresiDepartment of Computer Science,Louisiana State University,Baton Rouge, LA 70803Email: JainDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering,Washington University in St. Louis,St. Louis, MO 63130Email: Transfer mode (ATM) is a cell-oriented switching and multiplexingtechnology that uses fixed-length (53 byte; 48 bytes of data, and 5 bytes of headerinformation) packets called cells to carry various typesof traffic, such as data,voice, video, multimedia, and so on, through multiple classes of services. ATM is a1connection-oriented technology, in which a connection is established between the twoendpoints before the actual data exchange provides a highly complex technology, with features intended for applicationsranging from global telco networks to private local area computer networks.

industrial momentum behind ATM technology and the intensive research interest in ATM ... synchronous and asynchronous technologies and services, while offering multiple levels of ... Currently it seems like Ethernet implementations (10-Gbit-Ethernet [18], Metro Ethernet

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