Cell Relay Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] Re: what's the fate of ATM in the face of coming threat?
Hi, >There are just more alternatives to use the SONET/SDH infrastructure. Of >course there is no reason to have anything too complicated like ATM >cell-slicing on a point-to-point SDH link between two routers, but there is >also no reason to force everything to go through a router, if ATM can do ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ But the situation is, today 70% of traffic is of IP, then we can't live without routers,:-) Even with ATM, its primary means is to connect IP routers, whether full meshed PVP/PVC, or SVC. >guaranteed voice QOS over the same SDH cloud and bypass several routers, >that can almost do it. There will be no single technology. What's going to be >the >net for the next generation multimedia cell phones ? They are supposed to have >2Mbit/s data rate and ip networking, but also normal telephony. Yes, 3rd negeration mobile com takes ATM, but I don't think they are as informed as the persons in data com area. > >VesA > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------* Yu Ning ATM R&D Center BUPT (Beijing U. of Posts&Telecom) Beijing (ZIP: 100876, MBox: 147#), P. R. China Tel:86-10-62283123; Fax:86-10-62283124 mailto:yuning@mindless.com or yuning@263.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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