ATM ARCHITECURE

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INDEX
Introduction ATM ATMs Key Concepts ATM Architecture AAL Layer ATM Layer Physical Layer References

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INTRODUCTION
Broadband Integrated Services Networks
In

the mid-1980s, the ITU-T (formerly CCITT) initiated a standardization effort to merge voice, video and data on a single network The goal was to replace all existing networks (telephony networks, Cable TV network, data networks) with a single network infrastructure. The effort was called B-ISDN (Broadband Integrated Services Digital Networks) 4/23/12

ATM
A transfer mode in which the information is

organized into cells; it is asynchronous in the sense that the recurrence of cells containing information from a particular user is not necessarily periodic

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ATMs Key Concepts

ATM

uses Switching

Virtual-Circuit

Packet

ATM can reserve capacity for a virtual circuit.

This is useful for voice and video, which require a minimum level of service Overhead for setting up a connection is expensive if data transmission is short (e.g., web browsing)
ATM packets are small and have a

fixed sized

Packets in ATM are called cells Small packets are good for voice and video

transmissions

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ATM Architecture
ATM is a combination of hardware and software that can provide either an end-toend network or form a high-speed backbone for older protocols.

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ATM Adaptation Layer

ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) the protocol

for packaging data into cells is collectively referred to as AAL. Must efficiently package higher level data such as voice samples, video frames and datagram packets into a series of cells. An AAL is further divided into:
The Convergence Sublayer (CS) manages the

flow of data to and from SAR sublayer. The Segmentation and Reassembly Sublayer (SAR) breaks data into cells at the sender and reassembles cells into larger data units at the receiver.
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ATM Layer
The ATM layer provides cell multiplexing,

demultiplexing, and VPI/VCI routing functions. The ATM layer also supervises the cell flow to ensure that all connections remain within their negotiated cell throughput limits. The ATM layer also maintains the cell sequence from any source.

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Physical Layer
The

physical layer provides for the transmission and reception of ATM cells across a physical medium between two ATM devices. This can be a transmission between an ATM endpoint and an ATM switch, or it can be between two ATM switches. The physical layer is subdivided into a Physical Medium Dependent sublayer and Transmission Convergence sublayer.
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References
Principles of wireless networks by Kaveh

Pahlavan and Prashant Krishnamurthy Http://www.Citidel.Org/bitstream/10117/1020/1/ Http://www.Cs.Virginia.Edu/~cs757/slidespdf/75 Http://www.Cellsoft.De/telecom/atmconcepts.Ht

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