ATM Layer

Service: transport cells across ATM network

• analagous to IP network layer

• very different services than IP network layer

Network

Architecture

Internet

ATM

ATM

ATM

ATM

Service

Model

best effort

CBR

VBR

ABR

UBR

Bandwidth

none

constant

rate

guaranteed

rate

guaranteed

minimum

none

Loss

no

yes

yes

no

no

Order

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

Timing

no

yes

yes

no

no

Congestion

feedback

no (inferred

via loss)

no

congestion

no

congestion

yes

no

Guarantees ?

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