Asynchronous transfer mode was designed with cells in mind. This is because voice data is converted to packets and is forced to share a network with burst data (large packet data) passing through the same medium.
ATM’s powerful flexibility lies in its ability to provide a high-capacity, low-latency switching fabric for all types of information, including data, video, image and voice, that is protocol- speed- and distance-independent.
Culmination of developments in circuit switching and packet switching (Stallings, 2018).
Switching technique used by telecommunication networks that uses asynchronous time-division multiplexing to encode data into small, fixed-sized cells (Techopedia, 2020).
Designed to work in the range of 10’s and 100’s of Mbps and in the Gbps range.