Wireless Data Networks

Wireless ATM

There are several factors that tend to favour the use of ATM cell transport for personal communication network, including: flexible bandwidth allocation and service type selection for a range of applications, some of which are yet to be defined; efficient multiplexing of traffic from bursty data/multimedia sources; end-to-end provisioning of broadband services over wireless and wired networks; suitability of available ATM switching equipment for inter-cell switching; improved service reliability with packet switching techniques; ease of interfacing with wired B-ISDN systems that will form the telecommunications backbone.