The approach taken is very soft and modular which gives a flexible approach to cell switching with a minimum of special hardware. At the heart of the switch is an ARM 610 processor.
Converter boxes allow fibre to be used over longer distances.
ATM Forum protocols are used up to the Network Link Layer, and we have adopted the AAL5 Adaptation Layer. There are about 200 Smart ATM Modules connected to the network. A topology determination service helps us keep track of things. For comments, suggestions and further information please contact us .