Michael Sokolov skrev: > "Lux, James P" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Things get done for funny reasons: After all, the physical size of France is >> why ATM "cells" (packets) are 53 bytes (48 byte payload) instead of either 32 >> byte or 64 byte payloads. > > Huh? Can you please elaborate? I thought the 48 octets of payload were > a compromise between the camp that wanted 32 and the camp that wanted 64.
As I have heard it many times, 32 was the European choice, as you can just drop a E1 frame into it. 64 was the American choice, as it would be more efficient for datapatches. The compromise 48 didn't fit either of them. > MS, > who has implemented the whole ATM/AAL5 stack in software (looking at > cell headers and all) for SDSL. Incidently I explained the intricate details of AAL5 and EPD to a colleage yesterday. Here I thought I had recovered... Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
