ATM (Compatibility Mode)
ATM (Compatibility Mode)
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is the cell relay protocol designed by the ATM Forum and adopted by the ITUITU-T.
ATM
A cell network uses the cell as the basic unit of data exchange. A cell is defined as a small, fixed-size block of information.
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ATM LANs
ATM is mainly a widewide-area network (WAN ATM) ATM); ; however, the technology can be adapted to locallocal-area networks (ATM LANs). LANs). The high data rate of the technology has attracted the attention of designers who are looking for greater and greater speeds in LANs. LANs .
ATM LAN Architecture LAN Emulation (LANE) Client/Server Model Mixed Architecture with Client/Server
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Figure Client and servers in a LANE Figure Client and servers in a LANE