Protocol Overhead in IP/ATM Networks
John David Cavanaugh · 1994
This paper discusses the sources of protocol overhead in an IP/ATM protocol stack. It quantifies the amount of overhead and makes some observations about its effects. It shows that an application is limited to 87% or less of the line speed in an IP-over-ATM environment, that most of the protocol overhead is due to the lower levels of the protocol stack, and that MTU size can have a significant effect on the amount of protocol overhead. 1.0 Introduction