Isochronous

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Isochronous: A form of data transfer that carries timing information with the data. Data is specified to arrive over a time window, but not at any specific rate within that time. ATM, IEEE 1394 and Fibre Channel can provide isochronous operation where links can be booked to provide specified transfer performance. For example, 60 TV fields can be specified for every second but their arrival may not be evenly spread through the period. As this is a guaranteed transfer it can be used for ‘live’ video but is relatively expensive on resources.

See: ATM, Asynchronous, Fibre Channel, IEEE 1394, Synchronous