dynaudiorules;648577 Wrote: > I'd like to explore Async routing. > > Wiki insert: > Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a switching technique for > telecommunication networks. It uses asynchronous time-division > multiplexing,[1][2] and it encodes data into small, fixed-sized cells. > This differs from networks such as the Internet or Ethernet LANs that > use variable sized packets or frames. ATM provides data link layer > services that run over OSI Layer 1 physical links. ATM has functional > similarity with both circuit switched networking and small packet > switched networking. **This makes it a good choice for a network that > must handle both traditional high-throughput data traffic (e.g., file > transfers), and real-time, low-latency content such as voice and > video.**
ATM technology is not relevant to domestic users. It is/was used by Telecom operators in the backbone network where they had different types of traffic which had to be transported over high speed links (e.g. SDH/SONET). The nearest a domestic user will get to ATM is when using ADSL as many ADSL connections terminate in a ATM based DSLAM. As a technology ATM is now out of date and there are other backbone technologies taking over. -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89481 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
