Cell Relay Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] Re: SMDS & ATM
SMDS has the same cell format as ATM's AAL3/4. In both, there is a 53-byte cell, 5 header plus 48 payload. Within the payload, the first 2 and last 2 bytes are header and trailer, respectively, yielding 44 bytes of effective payload/cell. Think of SMDS as connectionless-ATM. Later! /kess At 02:40 PM 1/21/99 -0800, mjy wrote: >Someone told me that SMDS is a 'great' WAN transport as the cells can >carry ATM traffic w/o segmentation, as SMDS cells are 53 bytes and so >are ATM's. >However, doesn't SMDS have 44 byte data payload whereas ATM has 48 ? >Seems like we would segment in one direction at least... > >Please reply via email too...so many newsgroups, so little time. > > |
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