The ATM Handbook

Format: Hardcover, 297 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-63-3
Price: $63.95

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1: ATM Architecture

• ATM Standardization
• Layers of ATM
• The ATM Layer
• Adaptation Layer
• Traffic Management
• Traffic Descriptors
• Quality-of-Service Parameters
• Service Categories
• Congestion Control

• ATM Physical Layer
• Recommended Interfaces for Transmission Systems
• SDH/Synchronous Optical Network–Based Interface
• Cell-Based Interface
• Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy–Based Interface
• The DS3 Physical-Layer Interface
• ATM Signaling

• Buffering Schemes and Their Effects on the Design of Traffic Scheduling
• Design Criteria for a Traffic Scheduler
• Traffic Scheduling in Input-Queued Switches
• Traffic Scheduling in Output-Queued Switches
• Traffic Scheduling in Combined Input-Output–Queued Switches

• Services
• ATM Header Format
• The AAL–1 Services and Packet
• The AAL–2 Packet and Services
• The AAL–3/4 Packet and Services
• The AAL–5 Packet and Services

Section 2: ATM Management

• The Network Management Problem
• Limitations of Current Solutions for ATM Network Management
• Network Management for ATM—The New Requirements
• Fault Management
• Configuration Management
• Performance Management
• Accounting Management
• Security Management
• Architecture
• Simulation and Modeling

• Introduction: What Is Traffic Control, Where Do We Use It, and Why Do We Need It?
• Call Admission
• Resource Scheduling
• Congestion Control
• Traffic Control in ATM Networks
• Quality of Service and Traffic Descriptors
• Call Admission
• Resource Scheduling
• Traffic Shaping and Policing
• Congestion Control

• Traffic Types
• Traffic Management Functions and Tools
• ATM Traffic Classes and Congestion Issues
• Priority of Cell Transmission and Queuing
• Traffic Descriptors
• The Traffic Management Function—Anticipation Methods
• Queuing Strategies Employed within ATM Switches to Handle Expected Traffic Load
• Traffic Shaping
• Congestion Control
• Congestion Avoidance
• Traffic Policing and Control
• Congestion Recovery
• New Approaches to ATM Traffic Management
• Virtual Bandwidth

• ATM Adaptation Layer 2—The Basic Connection
• Adaptation-Layer–Switching Network
• Integrating PNNI and the Adaptation-Layer–Switching Network
• Connection Establishment in the Adaptation Layer
• ALS VLSI System Architecture
• Supporting Internet Protocols in ATM Networks
• Internet Multimedia and Usage-Based Tariffing
• Multilayer Switching
• Switched H.323 Multimedia Services

• Cell-Level versus Frame-Level QoS
• Purpose of ATM Performance Metrics
• Metrics
• Throughput
• Frame Latency
• Throughput Fairness
• Frame Loss Ratio
• Maximum Frame Burst Size
• Call-Establishment Latency

Section 3: ATM Integration

• LAN Overview
• LAN Emulation Objectives and Difficulties
• Alternatives for Connectionless Service Multicasts
• LANE: ATM Forum LAN Emulation Architecture

• Integration Models
• The Overlay Model
• The Peer Model
• The Overlay Model Standards
• Classical IP over ATM
• LAN Emulation
• Multiprotocol over ATM
• The Multiprotocol Label Switching—A Peer Model Standard
• Overview of Multiprotocol Label Switching
• MPLS Architecture
• MPLS and ATM

• Wireless ATM Network and Access Configurations
• Wireless ATM Protocol Architecture
• Wireless Access Layer
• Mobile ATM
• Handover and Location-Management Schemes

Section 4: ATM in the Field

• Ethernet at the Edge
• ATM—The Ideal Core Technology
• How ATM Works
• A Place for Ethernet?
• Dual-Backplane Switch Architecture
• High-Performance Integration Solutions

• Types of Voice and Telephony Services
• Requirements for Voice over ATM Architecture
• Methods for Carrying Voice over ATM

• Basic Background
• Video-on-Demand Architecture and Assumptions
• Delivering Stored Video
• Creating Critical Bandwidth Runs
• Bandwidth Smoothing Algorithms
• Buffer Unlimited Video Delivery
• Buffer Limited Bandwidth Smoothing
• Making Bandwidth-Smoothing Algorithms Adaptable for ABR Services

• Scalability in All Dimensions
• High Availability
• Support for Converged Networks
• Overall Efficiency
• Flexibility through Virtual Networking
• Seamless LAN–MAN–WAN Integration
• Performance
• Security
• Manageability
• Standards and Investment Protection

• Desktop ATM Systems
• Corporate Building and Campus Backbones
• Example of Corporate Implementation
• University Campus Backbones
• Institutional WAN Networks
• Intersite Corporate Site Connection
• Examples of Wide-Area ATM Deployment
• National Television Delivery
• National ISP Networks