ATM does not use packets of varying length. Instead, 53-byte cells are used. The cells contain 48 bytes of data and 5 bytes of header information.
Stallings, Wm. (2005). Business Data Communications. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall
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| ATM differs from other common data transfer schemes. ATM does not use packets of varying length. Instead, 53-byte cells are used. The cells contain 48 bytes of data and 5 bytes of header information. Stallings, Wm. (2005). Business Data Communications. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall |
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