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Re: ATM access concentrator

  • From: "James Thomson" <jthomson@scires.com>
  • Date: 23 Jul 1998 12:26:41 -0500

My understanding is that an access concentrator is like a mux (sort of a
terminal server) so you can have several endstations tied into one switch
port.  Hope this helps...DT

Tim <2207leung@hknet.com> wrote in article <35B747F3.2D66@hknet.com>...
> Folks,
> 
>       Can anyone tell me what ATM access concentrator is?  My friend
> tells me that he uses an ATM access concentrator to concentrate all the
> traffic from a remote site to the aggregate STM-1, which is sent via SDH
> network to the central ATM switch for outgoing traffic. What is the
> difference between the ATM edge switch and ATM access concentrator? What
> is the difference if ATM edge switch is put in the remote site instead
> of ATM access concentrator for the broadband traffic (eg. video)
> 
> Thnaks. Pls email to me: 2207leung@hknet.com if you have any ideas.
>