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ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode: An Overview

Dr. Alan Marshall

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering


Introduction
- What is ATM?
- What is B-ISDN?
- Why B-ISDN?
B-ISDN
- B-ISDN Services
- B-ISDN Protocol
ATM Technical Overview
- Why ATM?
- ATM Features
- ATM Cell Structure
- ATM Cell Header Fields
- VPI/VCI
ATM Layered Model
- ATM Layered Model
- Physical Layer
- ATM Cell Transmission
- ATM Layer
- Cell Multiplexing
- ATM Adaptation Layer
- AAL Service Classes
- ATM Higher Layers
Documentation and References
- CCITT
- References
- Suggested Reading

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