Internetworking ATM: For the Internet and Enterprise Networks

Internetworking ATM provides you with everything you need to know about how, when, and where to deploy ATM in a networked environment. Whether you're looking to use ATM as a LAN backbone for a building or campus to relieve congestion, as a workgroup switch to give dedicated bandwidth to the desktop, or to support a new application, it offers the comprehensive practical guidance that other, more theoretically-based resources simply can't. The guide features in-depth insight into fast-growing areas that will enable you to implement product solutions, including LAN Emulation and Virtual LAN Support, ATM Network Protocols, IP Routing Over ATM, SNA Applications Support, Multiprotocol Over ATM, Multimedia Support Over ATM, and ATM Applications Program Interface. ATM is the "avenue of the future for communications," as Information Week has asserted. Internetworking ATM can be every network professional's "road map" to realizing its many advantages quickly and cost-effectively. A volume in the ATM Press Series.