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CIT 307 Online Data Communications. Virtual Circuit Switching. Kevin Siminski, Instructor. Module 15. Virtual circuit wide area network. VCI- Virtual Channel Index. Phases of VCI. Switch and table. Source – destination transfer. Switched Virtual Circuit request. SVC acknowledgement.
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CIT 307 OnlineData Communications Virtual Circuit Switching Kevin Siminski, Instructor Module 15
Frame Relay • Architecture • Frame Relay Layers • FRAD • VOFR • LMI
Frame Relay- DLCIs VCIs in Frame Relay are called DLCIs.
Frame relay operation Frame Relay operates only at the physical and data link layers. Therefore, it can be considered a Layer 2 technology
Flow control & Frame Relay Frame Relay does not provide flow or error control; they must be provided by the upper-layer protocols.
ATM – NOT YOUR CASH MACHINES! • Design Goals • Problems • Architecture • Switching • Layers
ATM Cell A cell network uses the cell as the basic unit of data exchange. A cell is defined as a small, fixed-sized block of information.
Virtual Connection Note that a virtual connection is defined by a pair of numbers: the VPI and the VCI.
ATM Services • Predecessor to IP Quality of Service (QoS) • Constant Bit Rate • Variable Bit Rate • Available Bit Rate • Unspecified Bit Rate • Some still maintain ATM offers superior QoS control plane
ATM Today? • IP QoS has matured to a production level technology • ATM networks very expensive • Limited interface speeds • Overhead limits steal valuable bandwidth • appx. 12% - 14% overhead