As ATM is the out-growth of broadband ISDN (integrated services digital network), integrated services support was a design consideration from the start. It is worth noting though that many technical compromises were necessary to support three very different network traffic categories. The result of these compromises is that ATM supports the combination of voice, video and data optimally - not necessarily the individual services.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Integrated Services
As ATM is the out-growth of broadband ISDN (integrated services digital network), integrated services support was a design consideration from the start. It is worth noting though that many technical compromises were necessary to support three very different network traffic categories. The result of these compromises is that ATM supports the combination of voice, video and data optimally - not necessarily the individual services.
