Differentiating access network and a transport network

Question

Question 1) What do you mean by a permanent virtual circuit?

Question 2) Explain B-ISPN in detail.

Question 3) What is ATM virtual connection?

Question 4) What is ATM cell?

Question 5) Why ATM-based networks are preferred to their STM counterparts ?

Question 6) What do you mean by a CBR?

Question 7) What are the major differences between an access network and a transport network?

Question 8) Explain “Priority control” in detail.

Question 9) What do you mean by a an idle cell?

Question 10) Name ATM switching.

Question 11) What traffic congestion control functions have been defined for ATM networks? What do they perform?

Question 12) What function does ATM layer provide?

Question 13) What do you mean by ATM network-node/network-to-network interface?

Question 14) What are ATM OAM functions?

Question 15) Write down the difference between VP switching and VC switching?

Question 16) Explain with suitable example the ATM layer performance measurement.

Question 17) Write down the technological comparison of ATM with other structures.

Question 18) Write a detailed notes on the following:

(a) User control and management plans.

(b) ATM based protocol interwork.