电子信息技术专业英语 教学配套课件 丁宁 Unit16 ATM.pdfVIP

Part Three Communication and Information Processing Unit 15 ATM 异步传输模式 Preparing for the text: Technical terms: 1. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) 异步传输模式 2. Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN) 宽带综合业务数据网 3. circuit switching 电路交换 4. packet switching 分组交换 5. time-division multiplexing (TDM) 时分多路复用 6. LAN (local area network) 局域网 Questions for text discussion: 1. What is ATM short for? It is short for Asynchronous Transfer Mode. 2. Describe how the TDM works. With TDM, each user is assigned to a time plot, and no other user can send in that slot. 3. Why do we say that ATM is more efficient than synchronous technology? Because ATM is asynchronous, time slots are available on demand with information identifying the source the transmission contained in the header of each ATM cell. The main idea of this unit: This unit mainly discusses the basic knowledge about “ATM”. (1) ATM is short for Asynchronous Transfer Mode that is an International Telecommunication Union Telecommunications Standards Sections standards for cell relay wherein information for multiple service types. (2) ATM is a cell-switching and multiplexing technology that combines the benefits of circuit switching with those of packet switching . (3) ATM supports two types of connections: point-to-point and point- multipoint. New Words 1.technology n. 复数 technologies The application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives. 技术：科学的应用，尤指为了工业或商业的目的 The scientific method and material used to achieve a commercial or industrial objective. 技术：用以达到商业或工业的目的的科学方法和材料 2. multiple adj. 多样的, 多重的 multiple types. 多种类型.