Re: Why 53-bytes for a cell?

[Nick Tucker]

>You must be refering to ATM.  The reason it's 53 bytes in a cell because
>the first 5 bytes are used for cell-header information; the other 48 bytes
>contain the payload, which is data.

I think his question was directed as to why those specific mechanics,
rather than the mechanics themselves.  As in, why 53-bytes instead of 92
bytes..or 110 bytes...etc ;)


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