文档介绍：ATM Switches
ATM Switches
Edwin R. Coover
Artech House
Boston • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Coover, Edwin R., 1942–
ATM switches / Edwin R. Coover.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-89006-783-X (alk. paper)
1. Asynchronous transfer mode. I. Title.
1997
’6—dc21 97-12575
CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Coover, Edwin R.
ATM switches
1. Asynchronous transfer mode
I. Title.
’8216
ISBN 0-89006-783-X
Cover design by Darrell Judd
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Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xx
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Why ATM? 1
The State of the Standard 3
ATM Constituencies Today 5
Sources, Sinks, and the Future 8
Chapter 2 The ATM Standard 11
Cells 12
A Layered Protocol 12
Classes of Service 13
Signaling 15
Calls and Connections 15
Connection-oriented 16
Traffic Types 17
ATM Adaptation Layers (AAL) 17
AAL 1 18
AAL 2 19
AAL 3/4 19
AAL 5 19
Addressing 20
Interfaces 21
Summary 23
Chapter 3 The Technical Challenges of High-Speed Switching I 25