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The allowed cell rate is the rate in cells per seconds at which a source device may send data in ATM networks. For other uses of ATM, see ATM. Asynchronous Transfer Mode, or ATM for short, is a cell relay network protocol which encodes data traffic into small fixed sized (53 byte; 48 bytes of data and 5 bytes of header information) cells instead of variable sized packets as in packet-switched...

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	A VBR connection defines a sustained rate for normal use and a faster burst rate for occasional use at peak periods.
	The transmission rate of cells from a source through an ABR connection is characterized by four parameters.
	The current rate that the source is permitted to transmit cells at is called the allowed cell rate (ACR).

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