Wide Area Network and WAN Protocols
ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode
The Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) composes a protocol suite which
establishes a mechanism to carry all traffic on a stream of fixed 53-byte
packets (cells).
AAL: ATM Adaptation Layer
The ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) relays ATM cells between ATM Layer and
higher layer. When relaying information received from the higher layers, it
segments the data into ATM cells.
AAL0 - AAL5: ATM Adaptation Layer Type 0-5 reserved for variable bit rate vid...
AAL0 - AAL5: ATM Adaptation Layer Type 0-5 reserved for variable bit rate video transfer.
LANE-NNI: LAN Emulation - Network to Network Interface
ATM LAN Emulation enables the implementation of emulated LANs over an ATM
network. An emulated LAN provides communication of user data frames among all
its users, similar to a physical LAN
LANE-UNI: LAN Emulation - User to Network Interface
The ATM LAN emulation specification defines how an ATM network can emulate
a sufficient set of the medium access control (MAC) services of existing LAN
technologies such as Ethernet and Token Rin...