"ATM Networks: Concepts and
Protocols"- Organization and Contents
The
topics covered in this book include :
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Drivers
of the Communication World
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Building
blocks of Communication Networks Basics
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ATM
overview
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ATM
Protocol Stack including Physical Layer (SONET/SDH, T1/T3, E1/E3, Utopia),
ATM Layer, and AAL (AAL1, AAL2, AAL3/4, and AAL5)
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ATM
Traffic Management including Service Categories (CBR, VBR, ABR, UBR
and GFR), QoS (CLR, CTD, and CDV), CAC, Policing (UPC/NPC),
Shaping, Congestion Control (EPD/PPD, EFCI), Flow Control (Rate-based
versus Credit-based) and Priority-control
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ATM
switching architectures (Shared-memory, Shared-medium, Space-Division,
and Multi-stage)
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ATM
signaling (UNI point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Q.2931/Q.2971)
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ATM
routing (IISP and PNNI)
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ATM
network management (OAM, ILMI, AToMMIB, TMN-based, and CNM)
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ATM
Interworking Standards (LANE, NHRP, IPOA, and MPOA)
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Although the
book "ATM Networks: Concepts and Protocols" comprehensively covers ATM
technology, it is not merely a book on ATM. It is as much a networking
book as it is a book on ATM. This aspect is reflected in the name itself
by the inclusion of the word "Concepts". While technologies change, concepts
are fundamental and do not change. A major part of the book is devoted
to the understanding basic networking concepts. This includes the following:
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Chapter 1:This
describes the factors which guide todays networking technologies. A special
emphasis is on factors like "explosion of network bandwidth and wide-spread
use of fiber", "growth of Internet", and "improvement in processing power".
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Chapter 2:
This is one of the most fundamental chapters of any networking book. It
includes key concepts like protocol layering, multiplexing, and switching.
The difference between tranfer mode including circuit switching, packet
routing, virtual-circuit switching, and cell switching is elaborately explained
in this chapter.
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Chapter 5:
Almost half of the chapter is devoted to explaining the generic concepts
of traffic management, and its tools and techniques. The topics covered
include connection admission control, congestion control, and flow control.
Apart from this, the concepts of traffic and service descriptors are also
explained. The treatment is generic and is applicable to any networking
technology.
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Chapter 6:
Again, most of this chapter talks about switch design and associated issues.
The key concepts discussed here is blocking and buffering/queueing (input
buffering, output buffering, and shared buffering). Also, different switch
architectures like shared memory, shared medium, and space division architecture
is discussed.
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Chapter 7:
This includes topics like signaling channels, signaling models and signaling
protocol design.
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Chapter 8:
This chapter too is well written and provides lot of generic information
on addressing and routing. The topics on addressing include classification
of network addresses and sample addressing schemes. Routing is also nicely
discussed and includes protocol requirements, classification, and core
routing concepts.
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Chapter 9:
This chapter is on network management and covers three important network
management frameworks, namely OSI, SNMP, and TMN.
As discussed above,
the book "ATM Network: Concepts and Protocols" can prove to be very handy
as reference book for networking courses, as well as for using it as a
text book for a course on ATM, or a part of networking course dedicated
to ATM.
Summary:
Profusely illustrated, the book provides fresh perspectives and makes comprehension
of a rather difficult subject very easy. A
useful book for networking professionals and students.
Sumit Kasera and Pankaj
Sethi
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