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3. Typically, <strong>the</strong> number of end systems is one order of magnitude greater than<br />

<strong>the</strong> number of switches. This has a multiplier e ect on <strong>the</strong> cost of an ATM<br />

network support<strong>in</strong>g <strong>ABR</strong>. The service can be made attractive only if:<br />

a) cheap <strong>ABR</strong> end-system implementations are available�<br />

b) <strong>the</strong>re are mechanisms which carry <strong>the</strong> beni ts of <strong>ABR</strong> (cell loss control,<br />

thoughput, controlled delay, fairness) to <strong>the</strong> applications (an application<br />

would not choose <strong>ABR</strong> if its per<strong>for</strong>mance degrades due to cell loss at <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>ABR</strong> end-system�<br />

c) an application programm<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>terface (API) is available <strong>for</strong> end-to-end ATM<br />

implementations which maps applications to <strong>ABR</strong>�<br />

d) a larger class of applications (like variable quality voice, audio, video) can<br />

be scalably supported us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>ABR</strong> service (and allow higher/costlier<br />

classes of service <strong>for</strong> applications will<strong>in</strong>g to pay <strong>the</strong> price <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> higher<br />

quality of service).<br />

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