According to the wordage of network evolution of three paradigms (FDM, STM & ATM), this paper clarifies briefly the status of STM network and the new concepts of Asynchronous Transfer Mode of ATM networ(?) .

• 本文根据通信网发展三个范例(FDM、STM和ATM)的提法,简要地阐明STM网的现状和异步转移模式ATM的新概念。