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Figure 34. LAN Information Frame Location
Table 13. LANE Information Field Lengths
SDU SIZE
Maximum Length
802.3 LEC
Maximum Length
DIX LEC
Maximum Length
802.5 LEC
1516
1492
1500
1462
4544
4520
4528
4490
9234
9210
9218
9180
18190
18166
18176
18136
5.2 Traffic Management
The following sections provide background information about traffic management
in ATM networks and how it is implemented in the 8285.
Table 14 summarizes the characteristics of various traffic types.
Table 14. Types of Traffic
CBR
VBR
UBR
ABR
Connection Mode
Connection-oriented
Connection-oriented
Connection-oriented
Connection-oriented
Timing Sensitive
Yes
Yes
No
No
ATM Adaptation
Layer
A A L 1
A A L 2
AAL 3/4, 5
A A L 5
Quality of Service
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Reserved
Bandwidth
Yes
Yes
No
No
Flow Control
No
No
No
Yes
Traffic Types
Voice, Video
Compressed
Voice, Video
Data
Data
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