ATM : theory and application / David E. McDysan, Darren L. Spohn.

ATM= Asynchronous Transfer Mode

CONTENIDO
Preface
Pt. 1 Precursors to ATM 1
Ch. 1 Business Drivers for ATM 3
Ch. 2 Computer and Information Networking Directions 35
Pt. 2 Transmission, Networks, Protocols, and Services for Data Communications 65
Ch. 3 Transmission and Protocol Basics and Review 67
Ch. 4 Networks, Circuits, Multiplexing, and Switching 99
Ch. 5 Review of Modern Data Services 129
Pt. 3 B-ISDN/ATM Standards, Basics, Protocol, and Structure1 69
Ch. 6 ATM and B-ISDN Standards and Specifications 171
Ch. 7 Basic Introduction to ATM 197
Ch. 8 Physical, ATM, and AAL Layers 215
Ch. 9 User, Control, and Management Planes 251
Pt. 4 ATM Hardware and Software 277
Ch. 10 ATM Hardware and Switching 279
Ch. 11 ATM End Systems: Networking and Applications 317
Pt. 5 ATM Traffic Management, Congestion Control, and Traffic Engineering 345
Ch. 12 The Traffic Contract 347
Ch. 13 Traffic Control 365
Ch. 14 Congestion Control 387
Ch. 15 Traffic Engineering 413
Ch. 16 Design Considerations 439
Pt. 6 ATM-Based Protocol Interworking and Public Service Offerings 459
Ch. 17 ATM-Based Protocol Interworking 461
Ch. 18 Public ATM Network Services and Selection 487
Pt. 7 Operations, Network Management, and ATM Layer Management 499
Ch. 19 Network Management Architectures, and Management Information Bases (MIBs) 501
Ch. 20 ATM Layer Management and Fault Management 519
Ch. 21 ATM Layer Performance Measurement 537
Pt. 8 Technology Comparison and Future Directions Involving ATM 553
Ch. 22 Technology Comparison with ATM 555
Ch. 23 Future Directions Involving ATM 579
Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations 597
Appendix B: Standards Sources 605
Index 621