ATM: Solutions for Enterprise Internetworking (Data Communications and Networks) Book

Should you deploy ATM ? will ATM support your existing application environment ? Do you know if you should choose the Classical Model or LAN Emulation ? And just how do you implement ATM as part of your existing network ? And how does ATM compare with other high speed technologies ? This completely updated new edition of ATM: Solutions for Enterprise Internetworking tries to answer these questions and more. David Ginsburg's book is a practical guide to ATM implementation, focussing strongly on how to integrate ATM within your existing enterprise network. It focusses on the practical aspects of ATM - How to deploy ATM in support of data, voice and video traffic; How to support applications and services across the ATM network; Which standards are relevant and what is their status; Which devices should be deployed for any given application environment. All of these solutions are backed up by extensive implementation scenarios, covering hardware, topologies, configurations, data models and application support. This new edition includes: * Updated data models, including Label Switching/Tag, IP Switching, and PPP over ATM * Expanded sections on voice and video integration * New section detailing ATM over ADSL in the local loop * Expanded implementation examples * Updated sections on switch architectures and requirementsRead More