I found the presentation on Service Provider QoS you mention. It's very interesting.
Thanks and thanks to everyone who answered. At 06:26 PM 12/12/01, Peter Whittle wrote: >Priscilla, > >It depends! > >There is a new facility known as AToM (Any Transport over MPLS Tunnel) >that supports ATM over an MPLS core. (If you implement the MPLS core >over Gigabit Ethernet then yes you can carry ATM over Gigabit Ethernet.) > >It is used by some new generation service providers to offer ATM, Frame >Relay, and leased line services to their customers when in fact they >really only have an IP based network. > >Some details of it are covered in ATM Forum AF-AIC-0178.000 August 2001. >(you can down load it from ATM Forum web site) > >I also recollect seeing it on some Cisco Carrier MPLS slides. I'll try >to dig out the reference. > >Try a CCO search on ATOM / looking at the MPLS & ATM pages. > >There is a mention of it in: > >"Service Provider QoS, Providing e2e Guarantees by Vijay Krishnamoorthy >(Cisco IOS Technologies Div April 2001)" I'll try to find a URL for the >article. > >Peter > >In article , Priscilla Oppenheimer > writes > >My co-author added this statement to the book I'm working on: > > > >".... an ATM virtual circuit may begin on an OC-3 fiber link, cross over to > >a T3 line, pass across a Gigabit Ethernet fiber backbone, and end up going > >out through an OC-12 fiber link. This may be an implementation of a single > >ATM circuit, however." > > > >Could an ATM virtual circuit really span an Ethernet backbone?? > > > >Thanks! I don't want to be one of those authors that propagates > >misinformation. ;-) Seriously, some mistakes are unavoidable, but this one > >seems avoidable (if it is a mistake) > > > >Priscilla > > > >________________________ > > > >Priscilla Oppenheimer > >http://www.priscilla.com > >html > >Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-- >Peter Whittle ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=29016&t=28774 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]