Any Transport over Multiprotocol Label Switching (AToM)

Cisco Any Transport over MPLS (AToM) is a solution for transporting Layer 2 packets over an MPLS backbone. It enables Service Providers to supply connectivity between customer sites with existing data link layer (Layer 2) networks via a single, integrated, packet-based network infrastructure: a Cisco MPLS network. Without separate networks that each have network management environments, Service Providers can deliver Layer 2 connections over an MPLS backbone.

Cisco AToM provides a common framework to encapsulate and transport supported Layer 2 traffic types over an MPLS network core. Service Providers can use a single MPLS network infrastructure to offer connectivity for supported Layer 2 traffic and for IP traffic in Layer 3 VPNs.