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Use of Flow Control
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... services for data. Being able to support ABR for data communications represents a major advantage of ATM networks over traditional time division multiplexing (TDM)
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... For instance, if one connection sharing a link reduces the rate at which it sends, the others should increase their rates as soon as possible. In particular, as illustrated in Figure 5, the flow control mechanism should allow ABR traffic to fill in, instantly, unused bandwidth left on the link after guaranteed traffic is served.
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Key Terms

  • abr services
  • technical goals
  • bit rate
  • control mechanism
  • atm networks

  • unused bandwidth
  • guaranteed traffic
  • traffic load
  • available network
  • network bandwidth

  • increased congestion
  • switched ethernets
  • available bit
  • major advantage
  • cost commensurate

  • various qualities
  • data applications
  • significant challenge
  • networks support
  • speed connections

  • abr traffic
  • bandwidth left
  • instant access
  • support multiple
  • downstream entities

  • constant bit
  • communications represents
  • multiple types
  • data communications
  • atm network


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