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Wallis Dudhnath - 30th August 2015 (18:07 GMT)

ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode - is a fast cellular Network


technology that uses a fixed "cell" size. With the rapid growth
of the Internet (TCP/IP) ATM is now "displaced" by
Ethernet and MPLS (-TE, - TP).
VBR/ Wallis Dudhnath

Julyson Tayde - 24th April 2005 (04:33 GMT)


ATM is an integrated technology where all your applications (video, data, voice, etc) are
transported. In the future, most will be using ATM since it solves most of the current
problems of other present technologies. Circuit switch has its problem of inefficiency
especially when used in data communication. Packet/Frame switcing has its problems of
great delays when using it in voice applications. Thus ATM rised to solve all this problems.
The technology:
This is because it is a cell-relay technology. A cell in ATM is 53 bytes or octets, 5 octets are
for cell header and 48 octets is the payload.
ATM is basically a time-division multiplexing technique, only it is in the cell level, meaning
your packets or frames are divided into cells and then switch and routed.
With that cell-relay approach, ATM can emulate same present technologies, like circuit
emulation, frame emulation, etc. and thus able to handle same applications run by those
said technologies.
I'm currently reading ATM book but since it's my first time to read this technology, I think I
still need more exposure with this. If you have questions, try emailing me at
julysontayde@graffiti.net

Ravi - 5th March 2005 (00:39 GMT)


ATM is a layer 2 technology which is an improved version of ISDN.It is infact called
Broadband ISDN since it gives more than 2MB BW.

Elango S - 2nd March 2005 (13:50 GMT)

Asynchronous transmission uses start and stop bits to signify the beginning and end of a
transmission. This means that an 8 bit ASCII character with a parity bit would actually be
transmitted using 10 bits. This method of transmission is used when data is sent
intermittently as appose to in a solid stream. In the following example the start and stop
bits are in bold. The start and stop bits must be of opposite polarity. This allows the receiver
to recognise when the second packet of information is being sent.
Thus may say a method of sending data in irregular time intervals using a code such as
ASCII. ATM allows most modern computers to communicate with one another easily.
regards,
S Elango

Mitesh K. Shah - 28th February 2005 (18:46 GMT)


sir,
please explain me about what is ATM. expalin me about basics and how it works?

Syed Anwer Saeed - 22nd February 2005 (18:50 GMT)


sir,
please explain me about what is ATM. expalin me about basics and how it works?

K.V.RAMA KRISHNA - 17th February 2005 (07:54 GMT)


sir,
please explain me about what is ATM. expalin me about basics and how it works?

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