ATM Networks

• ATM network planning, design, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, and security
• New standards, including Loop Emulation Service over AAL-2 and frame-based ATM
• Test and selection criteria for ATM network components and cable infrastructure
• ATM network operation, including traffic control, performance parameters, and testing
• Detailed coverage of ATM security standards and techniques

• How ATM evolved to become the world's universal platform for networked communications
• Up-to-the-minute standards coverage, including ATM over Plastic Optical Fiber, Loop Emulation Service over AAL-2, frame-based ATM, and secure ATM
• ATM network planning, design, and migration techniques
• Test and selection criteria for ATM network components
• In-depth coverage of security and cable infrastructure issues
• ATM network operation: traffic control mechanisms, performance parameters, and test methods

Contents

• ATM : an introduction
• Demands on today's data communications technologies
• Communication technologies for high-speed networks
• ATM : technology for converged, QoS-based networks

• ATM : technology and standards
• Asynchronous transfer mode
• The structure of ATM
• ATM : the physical layer
• The ATM protocol : the ATM layer
• The ATM protocol : the ATM adaptation layer
• The ATM protocol : UNI signaling
• The ATM protocol : NNI signaling ( B-ISUP, PNNI, AINI)
• ATM networking
• ATM network management

• ATM networks : design and planning
• Designing and planning ATM Networks
• Testing and choosing network components
• Security in ATM networks

• ATM networks : Analysis and operation
• ATM switches
• Traffic and congestion control in ATM networks
• Performance and operating parameters of ATM networks
• ATM testing methods
• ATM : standards and organizations