ATM Technology for Broadband Telecommunications Networks (Innbundet (stive permer))

This textbook presents all the latest information on all aspects of each important component of ATM - the hottest telecommunications technology of this decade. It demonstrates how ATM internet works. It features several incompatible telecommunications technologies, and provides the high-speed, high bandwidth backbone network that the entire telecom industry is converging toward.

Introduction Current State of Today's Telecommunications Networks Why Do We Need Yet Another Telecommunications Standard? Market Analysis for ATM Technology Possible ATM Deployment Scenarios ATM Concepts Overview Basic Definitions for ATM Concepts ATM Layered Architecture ATM Cell Definition Signaling Cell Switching Call Setup Service Offerings through ATM Networks Internet Service Video on Demand Video Telephony Distant Learning/Medicine Telecommuting Integration of Various Access Node Technologies into ATM Networks Wireless Networks Public Telephone Service Networks Data Networks Cable-TV Networks Integration of Various Transmission Technologies Such as SONET and Frame Relay ATM Protocols ATM Protocol Stack Physical Layer ATM Layer ATM Adaptation Layer Bandwidth Allocation in ATM Networks Variable Bandwidth Allocation Virtual Path and Virtual Circuit Concepts Constant Bit Rate Variable Bit Rate Switching Architectures for ATM Queuing Models for ATM Switching Fabrics Routing Models for ATM Switching Fabrics Multistage Interconnection Networks (MINs) for ATM Switching Networks ATM Network Management: Traffic Enforcement and Traffic Shaping Call Admission Control Strategies Usage/Network Parameter Control Basic Quality of Service Parameters Traffic Enforcement Strategies Flow Control and Congestion Control Reactive versus Predictive Traffic Control Strategies Neural Network Based Solutions to Performance Issues in ATM Networks Neural Networks Offer Predictive Traffic Control Strategies Neural Network Based Call Admission Control Neural Network Based Routing Control On Going ATM Standardization Activities Current ATM Standardization Activities in ATM Forum Current ATM Standardization Activities in ITU Organization ..