ATM isnt really Asynchronous, its Synchronous but it fills in any blank
bits by filling them in with blank cells, which are ignored at the other
end (except it keeps it all nicely synchronised even though the data is
bursty).
Incidentally Synchronous systems are usually faster because both ends
know exactly when they are going to recieve data, so they dont have to
listen out for it.
TTFN
Lauren
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was "told" that synchronous transmision is usually faster than
asynchronous because there are less steps in it's sending process. Cool,
still with me? Here is my question: If synchronous is faster, why don't
they create Synchronous Transfer Mode (STM) on top of, or instead of
using Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).
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