Explains how ATM fits into WANs and LANs with chapters on architecture, switching elements, and traffic management. The second edition covers new ATM enhancements, including MPOA, LAN emulation, frame-based ATM, layer 3 switching, and wireless ATM. Intended for systems engineers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

A companion and sequel to ATM: Foundation for Broadband Networks from the same series. For engineers and students describes in detail the broadband signaling specifications used with asynchronous transfer mode. Considers the identifiers used to recognize users and traffic, machines that manage the traffic, signaling at all levels including user-to-network and network-to-network interfaces, call and connection control operations, interfaces and mapping between the various systems, parameters for messaging, and typical error codes. The CiP data cites the title of the first volume rather than the second. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Written by experts directly involved in the B-ISDN standards evolution, this book introduces the idea of integrated networks, and gives an overview of the current standardization situation. It discusses existing broadband networks based on the arising international standards, and explains how ATM is the basis for B-ISDN.