Atm Switching - 3Com CoreBuilder 9000 User Manual

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ATM Switching

ATM S
WITCHING
The previous two chapters presented the concept of virtual channels:
what a virtual channel is and how it is built. This chapter discusses how
ATM data travels, or is switched, over a virtual channel.
This chapter provides basic concepts and information about:


ATM Switching


Traffic Statistics
ATM switching is performed at the ATM layer through virtual channels.
Individual cells are switched over the channel through the network, based
on the cell header.