December 2019
Beginner
510 pages
12h 7m
English
Content preview from Networking Fundamentals
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is another method that allows the integration of data and voice communications, and is used within PSTN and ISDN networks. ATM splits the data into fixed-size cells of data, and requires a connection to be made between endpoints before any data is transferred. This helps make the network more efficient. If no connection can be established, then no data is transmitted.