ATM Technology for Broadband Telecommunications Networks

ATM Technology for Broadband Telecommunications Networks presents the latest information on all aspects of each component of ATM - arguably today's most significant telecommunications technology. It demonstrates how ATM internetworks several incompatible telecommunications technologies and provides the high-speed, high bandwidth backbone network to which the entire telecom industry is converging. It outlines the evolution of the ATM infrastructure and its future deployment, discusses the economic advantages of ATM technology, and ultimately enables readers to make informed evaluations of developing technologies and deployment strategies.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Basic ATM Concepts, Chapter 3 Services Offered through ATM Networks, Chapter 4 Integration of Various Access Node Technologies into ATM Networks, Chapter 5 ATM Protocols, Chapter 6 Bandwidth Allocation in ATM Networks, Chapter 7 Switching Architectures for ATM Networks, Chapter 8 ATM Traffic Management: Traffic Enforcement and Traffic Shaping, Chapter 9 ATM Interworking Standards, Chapter 10 ATM Traffic Simulation, Chapter II Ongoing ATM Standardization Activities, REFERENCES, ATM ACRONYMS, GLOSSARY

About the author

Ercan Sen

Summary

Presents information on various aspects of important components of ATM. This book demonstrates how ATM internet works. It features several incompatible telecommunications technologies.

Product details

• Authors: Abhijit S. Pandya, Pandya Abhijit S., Ercan Sen, Sen Ercan
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.1998
• EAN: 9780849331398
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-3139-8
• No. of pages: 302
• Weight: 635 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; COMPUTERS / Networking / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, Communications engineering / telecommunications, Computer networking & communications, Computer networking and communications