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Asynchronous Transfer Mode is a layer 2 networking protocol which uses time division multiplexing with fixed size cells and runs on copper and optical mediums. It is commonly used in conjunction with SONET/SDH, and found in PSTN and Internet backbone networks.

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Difference between VPI and VCI in ATM

I don't really understand the difference, neither the necessity of including two fields (VCI and VPI) in asynchronous transfer mode. As far as I understand the main difference between a virtual path ...
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