ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE

(ATM)
PRESENTED BY GROUP :

NAME : ARIANUL ISLAM

ID: 1522435

NAME : NOUSHIN ISLAM

ID: 1410458

NAME : MD. MAHBUBUR RAHMAN AKASH

ID : 1521439

NAME : MD.MAZHARUL ISLAM

ID: 1430889
AGENDA

• Definition
• Basic characteristics
• Why asynchronous
• How to access the network
• Service Categories
• Connections
• Protocol Architecture
• pros & cons
ATM – DEFINITION

• A transfer mode in which information is organized into cells; it is asynchronous

in the sense that the recurrence of cells containing information from an
individual user is not necessarily periodic".
ATM CHARACTERISTICS

• ATM uses packet switching with fixed length packet of 53 bytes – CELLs. Each
cell has a 5-byte header and 48-byte payload
• ATM uses Virtual Circuits
• ATM can run over any physical layer. Often runs over fiber optics using the
SONET standard at speeds of 155.52 Mbps, 622 Mbps and higher
ATM CHARACTERISTICS

• A Cell network uses the cell as the basic unit of data exchange. A cell is
defined as a small, fixed-sized block of information ATM uses asynchronous
TDM – to multiplex cells coming from different channels
• Uses fixed slots (size of cells)
• Fills a slot with a cell from any input channel that has a cell – slot is empty if
none of the channels has a cell to send
ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE (ATM)
ATM ACCESS

• ATM is a cell-switched network.

• The user access devices, called the endpoints, are connected through a user-to-
network interface (UNI) to the switches inside the network.
• The switches are connected through network-tonetwork interfaces (NNIs).
ATM CONNECTIONS
• two levels of ATM connections:
virtual path connections virtual
channel connections
• indicated by two fields in the
cell header:
-virtual path identifier VPI
-virtual channel identifier VCI
ATM SERVICE CATEGORIES

• Real-time services
*Constant bit rate – uncompressed audio/video info
-Videoconferencing, TV, pay-per-view, VOD, etc.
*rt-Variable bit rate
• Non-real-time services
* nrt-VBR – high end system QoS, critical response time
- Bank transactions, airline reservations, etc.
*Unspecified bit rate – best-effort service
- e.g. text/image messaging, telecommuting
*Available bit rate – bursty apps requiring reliable end-to-end connection

- e.g. LAN, router-to-router reliability

ATM PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE

• adaptation layer: only at edge of ATM network

* data segmentation/reassembly
*roughly analogous to Internet transport layer

• ATM layer: “network” layer

*cell switching, routing

• physical layer
PROS & CONS

• higher transmission speeds

• quality of service
• bandwidth-on-demand
• application-independent
• Cost
• Complexity
• Availability
THANK YOU