ATM NETWORKS

'ATM Networks', now in its second edition, is an essential guide for anyone developing or wanting to develop ATM applications. Providing clear, concise and practical information in one volume, it offers an up-to-date survey of ATM, with a comprehensive coverage of the standards of ATM and broadband-ISDN (B-ISDN). The book retains important features of the first edition, including an outline of the origin and evolution of ATM, discussing its use in both local and wide area networks; a guide to ATM architecture, adaption layer protocols and Synchronous Digital Hardware (SDH); an introduction to the internetworking issues related to ATM implementation; a chapter on network performance parameters; and appendices covering signalling parameters, members of the ATM Forum and a selection of ATM chip-set and test equipment developers. New features include: indepth coverage of ATM LAN-Emulation, an introduction to PNNI-signalling, coverage of the ATM Forum UNI 4.0 specification, and coverage of all new ATM interfaces, including 155 Mbit/s via UTP/STP.