Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

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Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

A Case Study

Table of Contents:

Introduction ………………………………… 3

Overview ………………………………… 3

Innovative Aspects ………………………………….. 5

Advantages …………………………………… 6

Disadvantages …………………………………… 6

Conclusion …………………………………… 7

Introduction:

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a high speed network technology which is designed to support both voice and data communications. It was initially developed to meet the needs of the Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network, in the late 1980s and designed to combine telecommunication and computer networks. It was originally designed for use in public networks, but now has also been deployed as a major backbone technology for private networks.

ATM uses asynchronous time-division multiplexing to encode and transfer data in the form of cells or packets of a fixed size. It is normally used by Internet service providers on their private long-distance networks. It operates at the data link layer (Layer 2 in the OSI model) over either fiber or twisted-pair cable. It uses a connection-oriented model in which a virtual circuit must be established between two endpoints before the actual data exchange occurs. These virtual circuits may be dedicated connections that are usually preconfigured by the service provider, or “switched”, i.e. set up on a per-call basis using signaling and disconnected when the call is terminated.

ATM basically is a cell-relay technology which divides upper-level data units into 5...

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... most sort after network protocol standards in use today.

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