Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)Arjan DurresiDepartment of Computer Science,Louisiana State University,Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Email: JainDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering,Washington University in St. Louis,St. Louis, MO 63130 Email: 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.

Many people, particularly in the Internet protocol-design community, considered this vision to be mistaken. Although there is a need for a unifying protocol at network layer, to be ... (see below), and improvements in voice over IP have made the integration of speech and data possible at the IP layer, again removing the incentive for ubiquitous ...

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