ATM traffic
management
The role of traffic management is to protect the
network and terminals from congestion in order to achieve certain network performance
objectives (NPO:s).
An additional
role is to promote the efficient use of network resources (efficient
bandwidth resource allocation).
Recs/Specs: ATM Forum: TM 4.0 ITU-T: I.371
5 service categories (ATM
Forum)
or 4
transfer capabilities (ITU-T)
traffic parameters (e.g. PCR, MCR)
individual QoS
parameters (e.g. CTD)
In the ATM layer!