Telecom Protocol Finder

Not sure of the exact header structure of a new, recently defined protocol or even an old forgotten protocol?

Constantly find yourself searching every textbook you ever owned or every Internet site you ever hear about to find the length of a particular field?

Never again!

Telecom Protocol Finder is a comprehensive guide to data and telecommunications protocols and technologies. An indispensable companion for any developer, field service engineer, or network manager, it is a collection of the most useful information concerning today's networking protocols and technologies.

Written in a concise and clear format, Telecom Protocol Finder contains all the WAN, LAN, and ATM protocols (including header structure and background information) and technologies you could possibly meet in your daily and not so daily work.

Telecom Protocol Finder is an essential tool for all networking professionals contending with multiprotocol, multitechnology networks.

Contents

Protocols

Chapter 1: AppleTalk Protocols

Chapter 2: ATM

Chapter 3: ATM Signalling and Routing Protocols

Chapter 4: ATM Encapsulation Methods

Chapter 5: Audio/Visual over ATM

Chapter 6: Banyan Protocols

Chapter 7: Bridge/Router Internetworking Protocols

Chapter 8: CDPD Protocols

Chapter 9: Cellular Protocols

Chapter 10: DECnet Protocols

Chapter 11: Frame Relay

Chapter 12: FUNI

Chapter 13: GPRS Protocols

Chapter 14: GR303 (IDLC)

Chapter 15: H.323 Protocols

Chapter 16: IBM Protocols

Chapter 17: ILMI

Chapter 18: IP Switching Protocols

Chapter 19: ISDN

Chapter 20: ISO Protocols

Chapter 21: LAN Data Link Layer Protocols

Chapter 22: LAN Emulation

Chapter 23: MPLS

Chapter 24: Novell Protocols

Chapter 25: PPP Suite

Chapter 26: SMDS

Chapter 27: SS7 Suite

Chapter 28: Sun Protocols

Chapter 29: Tag Switching Protocols

Chapter 30: TCP/IP Suite

Chapter 31: UMTS

Chapter 32: V5 Protocols

Chapter 33: VB5

Chapter 34: VoIP

Chapter 35: WAP

Chapter 36: X.25

Chapter 37: XNS Protocols

Physical Interfaces

Chapter 38: WAN Physical Interfaces

Chapter 39: LAN Physical Interfaces

Chapter 40: DS-1 ATM Physical Interface

Chapter 41: DS-3 ATM Physical Interface

Chapter 42: E1 ATM Physical Interface

Chapter 43: E3 ATM Physical Interface

Chapter 44: SONET OC-3c/SDH STM-1 ATM Physical Interface

Chapter 45: SONET OC-12c/SDH STM-4 ATM Physical Interface

Chapter 46: 25 Mbps ATM Physical Interface

Chapter 47: TAXI ATM Physical Interface

Chapter 48: Acronyms