Payload Type Indicator (PTI)
One PTI bit is used in
AAL 5
User data / control data
Traffic management
0 0 0   User data cell, no congestion. ATM-user indication = 0
0 0 1   User data cell, no congestion. ATM-user indication = 1
0 1 0   User data cell, congestion. ATM-user indication = 0
0 1 1   User data cell, congestion. ATM-user indication = 1
1 0 0   OAM F5 segment associated cell
1 0 1   OAM F5 end-to-end associated cell
1 1 0   Resource management cell
1 1 1   Reserved for future VC functions