AllaboutATMATMTerminologyExplained.pptVIP

All about ATM: ATM Terminology Explained Carey Williamson Introduction ATM networking is filled with a lingo of its very own, many of which are acronyms, and many of which are quite fundamental to an understanding of what is going on in an ATM network Examples: VCI, VPI, PVC, SVC, AAL, CBR, VBR, ABR, PCR, SCR, QOS, CDV Review ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM is a statistical multiplexing technique for high speed integrated services networks, based on the fast packet switching of small fixed size (53 byte) packets called cells ATM is a connection-oriented low-layer networking concept ATM