Both the types of traffic patterns imposed on ATM networks and the transmissioncharacteristics of those networks differ markedly from those of other switching networks. Most packet-switching and frame relay networks carry non-real-time datatraffic. Typically, the traffic on individual virtual circuits or frame relay connectionsis bursty in nature, and the receiving system expects to receive incoming traffic oneach connection in a bursty fashion. As a result,• The network does not need to replicate the exact timing pattern of incomingtraffic at the re exit node.• Therefore, simple statistical multiplexing Protocols transmitted can be used to accommodate multiPLE logical connections over the physical interface between user and network.The average data rate required by each connection is less than the burst ratefor that connection, and the user-network interface (UNI) need only bedesigned for a capacity somewhat greater than the sum of the average datarates for all connections.A number of tools are available for control of congestion in packet-switchedand frame relay networks, some of which are discussed elsewhere in this chapter.These types of congestion control schemes are inadequate for ATM networks.[GERS91] cites the following reasons:• The majority of traffic is not amenable to flow control. For example, voice andvideo traffic sources cannot stop generating cells even when the network iscongested.• Feedback is slow due to the drastically reduced cell transmission time compared to propagation delays across the network.
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