Cell Relay Archive

[riwells@my-deja.com]

I would add the following to what nico7 says about this subject:

Stop using the term "ATM Trunking" completely.  Instead, start using
the phrase "ATM Trunking for narrow-band services" and all your
confusion will melt away ;-)

---Richard

In article <3885EC15.2344@worldnet.att.net>,
  nico7@worldnet.att.net wrote:
> daizyl@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > I have a question for you gurus out there:
> >
> > What exactly is meant by "Trunking" in the ATM paradigm?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Daizy
> >
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> > Before you buy.
>
> "Trunking" (verb) means to use a common transport for movement of
data.
> Example; using "Trunk" (noun) lines between switches for "Trunking" of
> data.
>
> The term goes way back, probably to the times of the earliest Telco
> switches.  Trunk lines were (and still) used for common transport of
> Telephone calls between switches.  Kinda like how we have Public roads
> used for Common transport of Autos.
>
> In the ATM world, Trunking exists between the OC/SONET switches.  It
is
> also proper to say that you could use a PVP between (2) end-users for
> purposes of Trunking data.  Example;  (2) end-user sites have private
> PBXs that use Telco ATM for interconnect.  The "Trunk" lines between
the
> PBXs would carry the Traffic for the site callers.  The same Trunk
lines
> could be used for Data Transport (LAN,WAN, etc).
>
> Hope this exlpains OK.
>


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