International Journal of Applied Research on Information Technology and Computing

Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) is a high speed computer network technology, a cell switching technique that uses asynchronous time division multiplexing. ATM is not completely compatible for existing higher layer protocols like transmission control protocol and Internet protocol that operate in internet environment. This document addresses the problems of bandwidth delay and also possible approaches to ATM interoperations like new protocol design especially for ATM, extension of existing protocols to add support for ATM, design special protocols to integrate ATM with below existing internetworking and transport layer protocol layers.