ATM Technology for Broadband Telecommunications Networks (Hardcover)

IntroductionCurrent State of Today's Telecommunications NetworksWhy Do We Need Yet Another Telecommunications Standard?Market Analysis for ATM TechnologyPossible ATM Deployment ScenariosATM ConceptsOverviewBasic Definitions for ATM ConceptsATM Layered ArchitectureATM Cell DefinitionSignalingCell SwitchingCall SetupService Offerings through ATM NetworksInternet ServiceVideo on DemandVideo TelephonyDistant Learning/MedicineTelecommutingIntegration of Various Access Node Technologies into ATM NetworksWireless NetworksPublic Telephone Service NetworksData NetworksCable-TV NetworksIntegration of Various Transmission Technologies Such as SONET and Frame RelayATM ProtocolsATM Protocol StackPhysical LayerATM LayerATM Adaptation LayerBandwidth Allocation in ATM NetworksVariable Bandwidth AllocationVirtual Path and Virtual Circuit ConceptsConstant Bit RateVariable Bit RateSwitching Architectures for ATMQueuing Models for ATM Switching FabricsRouting Models for ATM Switching FabricsMultistage Interconnection Networks (MINs) for ATM Switching NetworksATM Network Management: Traffic Enforcement and Traffic ShapingCall Admission Control StrategiesUsage/Network Parameter ControlBasic Quality of Service ParametersTraffic Enforcement StrategiesFlow Control and Congestion ControlReactive versus Predictive Traffic Control StrategiesNeural Network Based Solutions to Performance Issues in ATM NetworksNeural Networks Offer Predictive Traffic Control StrategiesNeural Network Based Call Admission ControlNeural Network Based Routing ControlOn Going ATM Standardization ActivitiesCurrent ATM Standardization Activities in ATM ForumCurrent ATM Standardization Activities in ITU Organization..