ATM Networks: Concepts and Protocols

· McGraw Hill Professional
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466
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Because of its high quality of service and ability to deliver voice, data, and video on a single platform, ATM is a hugely popular networking technology. This book provides an exhaustive engineering introduction to technology basics and key applications


ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) is a breakthrough networking technology. It provides a single platform for voice, video and data, driving network convergence, all with very high quality of service. This book provides a comprehensive, engineering-level introduction to ATM networks. It explores fundamental concepts in detail, explains and illustrates the 3 levels of the ATM protocol reference model, details the process of internetworking with LANs and WANs, as well as IP, and covers all major ATM applications.

About the author

Sumit Kasera is Senior Technical Leader at Flextronics Software Systems (formerly Hughes Software Systems), India. He has a B. Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, India, and an M.S. degree in Software Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. His current area of interest is software development for GSM, GPRS, and EDGE access network. Sumit is also experienced in software development for networking protocols like ATM, TCP/IP, and 3G UMTS. He has been an active participant in various technical forums like ITU-T, ATM Forum and 3GPP, where he has presented papers and conducted seminars; and also participated in the review of 3GPP specifications.

Sumit is the author of ATM Networks: Concepts and Protocols; Communication Networks: Principles and Practice; and 3G Networks: Architecture, Protocols and Procedures.

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