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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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