ATM

(Asynchronous Transfer Mode)

Presented By
 Muhammad Aquib – 58
 Arsal Faraz – 18
Content
• ATM Connections
• Define ATM
• ATM Standard
• ATM Services Types
• ATM Cell Basic Format
• ATM Application
• ATM switch
• ATM Advantage & Disadvantages
• Summary
• Where To Use ATM
• References
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
It is a switching technique.
 It is used by telecommunication networks that uses asynchronous
time-division multiplexing to encode data into small, fixed-sized
cells.
ATM is the core protocol used over the synchronous optical
network (SONET) backbone of the integrated digital services
network (ISDN).
ATM Services Types
Three types of ATM services exist:
 Permanent virtual circuits (PVC)
 Switched virtual circuits (SVC)
 Connectionless service (which is similar to SMDS).
ATM Applications
Fast Ethernet to the desktop.
Gigabit Ethernet for the campus backbone.
Frame-Relay for Wide-area networking.
IP over SONET (Synchronous optical networking)
 No signaling  Fixed bandwidth. Can’t dial in
 No traffic management  Unused bandwidth wasted.
ATM Advantages
High-speed, fast-switched integrated data, voice, and video
communication.
ATM provides a global telephony standard.
 Interoperability with standard LAN/WAN technologies.
It enables efficient use of network resources using bandwidth on
demand concept.
It uses simplified network infrastructure.
ATM Disadvantages
Overhead of cell header (5 bytes per cell) .
Complex mechanisms are used to achieve QoS (Quality of Service).
 Congestion may cause cell losses.
ATM switch is very expensive compare to LAN hardware.
ATM NIC is more expensive compare to ethernet NIC.
ATM is connection oriented technology, the time required for
connection setup and tear down is larger compare to time required
to use it
Where to Use ATM
Desktop
Campus backbone
Wide area networks
Inside a carrier’s network
ATM Connections
ATM supports two types of connections:
 point-to-point
point-to-multipoint
ATM Standards
The ATM Forum has released work on the following specifications:
• User-to-Network Interface (UNI) 2.0
• UNI 3.0
• UNI 3.1
• UNI 4.0
• Public-Network Node Interface (P-NNI)
• LAN Emulation (LANE)
• Multiprotocol over ATM
ATM Cell Basic Format
ATM transfers information in fixed-size units called cells. Each cell
consists of 53 octets, or bytes.
The first 5 bytes contain cell-header information.
the remaining 48 contain the payload (user information).

Header Payload (User Information)

ATM Switch
An ATM switch is responsible for cell transit through
an ATM network.
It accepts the incoming cell from an ATM endpoint or another ATM
switch.
It then reads and updates the cell header information and
quickly switches the cell to an output interface toward its
destination
Summary
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References
 http://www.rfwireless-world.com/Terminology/Advantages-and-
disadvantages-of-Asynchronous-Transfer-Mode-ATM.html
 http://expertcomputernetworking.blogspot.com/2016/03/what-is-
advantages-and-disadvantages-of.html
 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0923474896000033
 https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/ATM
 http://www.thenetworkencyclopedia.com/entry/asynchronous-transfer-
mode-atm/
 https://www.techopedia.com/definition/5339/asynchronous-transfer-
mode-atm
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