Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a high-speed, broadband transmission capability technology. It transports various types of user traffic, including telephony (voice), data, and video signals.

ATM cells are fixed-size packets of 53 bytes with 5 bytes of header and 48 bytes of payload. Routing information is stored in Virtual Circuit Identifier (VCI) part of the ATM cell header.

Kicking off a special series of 10 features on networking topics of interest, Craig Hinton, deputy editor of our sister title NETWORK Solutions, totes up the 10 most crucial things you need to ...

Designed around an Internet protocol architecture, the system replaces aging asynchronous transfer mode equipment with a scalable application that can be configured rapidly to meet the needs of an ...

A data transfer mode in which each byte of data transferred is acknowledged. Contrast with SCSI synchronous mode. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.