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ATM Network Simulation With OPNET Introduction Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a connection-oriented packet switching technique that is universally accepted as the transfer mode of choice for Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network. This report describes key features of the ATM network and some relative simulation work we have done by OPNET. 2. ATM Network Since the project is emphasize in simulation work by OPNET, we’ll just simply introduce the basic principles of ATM: ATM is considered as a specific packet oriented transfer mode based on fixed length cells. Each cell consists of a 48bytes of information field and a 5bytes of header, which is mainly used to determine the virtual channel and to perform the appropriate routing. Cell sequence integrity is preserved per virtual channel. ATM is connection-oriented. The header values are assigned to each section of a connection for the complete duration of the connection. Signaling and user information are carried on separate virtual channels. The information field of ATM cells is carried transparently through the network. No processing like error control is performed on it inside the network. All services (voice, video, data, ) can be transported via ATM, including connectionless services. To accommodate various services an adaptation function is provided to fit information of all services into ATM cells and to provide service specific functions (e.g. clock recovery, cell loss recovery, ...). Performance Issues are the important issues we care about, There are 5 parameters that characterize the performance of ATM systems. They are 1)Throughput 2)Connection Blocking Probability 3)Cell Loss Probability 4)Switching Delay 5)Jitter on the delay Throughput: This can be defined as the rate at which the cells depart the switch measured in the number of cell departures per unit time. It mainly depends on the technology and dimensioning of the ATM switch. By choosing a proper topology of the switch, the