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Reflects on the attributes of the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) that will ensure its place in the computer network industry. Illustration of the viability of ATM; Capabilities and limitations of ATM; Description of the quality of service offered by ATM; ATM costs; Marketing strategies of ATM vendors; Prospects for ATM technology in the face of technological advancements in network circuitry.

Tackles Indianapolis, Indiana-based aerospace engineering firm Rolls-Royce Allison's deployment of an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network. Features of the ATM network; Collaboration of the firm with Electronic Data Services Corp.; Router ports of the ATM network; Benefits of using the ATM network. INSETS: ATM: What the Users Say;Break It Down;Voices of Experience.

Focuses on the management of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)-based computer networks. How to increase the speed and performance of computer networks; Information on fault management; Functions of network management; Specific issues which apply to ATM networks. INSETS: Details are the difference;ATM management musts.

Presents information on asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technology as it relates to computer networking. Evaluation of ATM switches; Products and services offered by selected vendors of ATM switches; Results of lab tests. INSETS: Top performers;Lab test vendor participants;Test methodology.

Focuses on the use of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) to link local area networks (LANs), while highlighting the quality of service offered by these networks. Information on a convention being held in July 1997; Details on how LANs function; Ways in which ATMs is controlled.

Presents information on data communication systems focusing on the problems with asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) to shunt LAN traffic onto Sonet (synchronous optical network) WANs. Detailed information on the ATM; Information on Sonet's key features; Indepth look at data communications systems. INSETS: Comparing capacity;Candidate for change;The ATM approach;The POS payoff

Offers corporate network managers advice on how to draft and evaluate a request for proposal (RFP) to get the fiscal facts on asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) services. Pricing options for ATM services; Fees charged by regional providers; Inverse muxing over ATM; Permanent virtual circuits. INSETS: ATM alternatives.;Methodology..

Focuses on developments related to computer networking technologies of switching and routing. Background on the history of switching and routing; Impact of asynchronous transfer mode technology on computer networking; Wide Area Network switching and routing.

Comments on the functions of inverse muxing over asynchronous transfer modes (ATM) that let digital communication network managers acquire needed bandwidth. Cost-effectiveness of inverse muxing; Capacity of the technology to stamp local area network frames with quality-of-service tags; Case examples of digital communication applications of the medium.

Reports on the problems of the asychronous tranfer mode (ATM) on the wide-area networks (WANs). Assess services of ATM; Role of ATM inverse multiplexing.

Reports on the competition between frame relay and the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM). How to get the best performance from both technologies; Connecting the frame relay to the ATM backbone; Comparison of features of the ATM and frame relay. INSETS: Four questions for carriers.;Figure 2: Service interworking.;Figure 1: Network interworking..

Features Cells in Frames (CIF), which delivers all the benefits of asynchronous transfer mode's (ATM) quality of service and flow control without the need to replace Ethernet and token ring local area networks (LANs). Specifications for CIF over Sonet and point-to-point protocol links; Comparison with switches and ATM workstation; Rate flow control mechanism.

Discusses a number of issues computer network managers should consider when implementing voice over asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks. Understanding the basic differences between voice and data; Packetization problems; Emerging telephony applications for ATM local area networks. INSETS: Voice choices.;Voice over ATM: Standard speak, by M.T..

Discusses what computer network managers should consider when implementing a 25-Mbit/s asynchronous transfer mode. Port count; Bus structure; Existence of onboard processor; Drivers; Local area network emulation schemes supported; List of switches and adapters; Driver software.

Focuses on the comprehensive set of specifications governing real-time traffic applications of asynchronous transfer modes (ATM). Telephony and videoconferencing applications in business; Mechanisms for transporting traffic with different network requirements; Emulation of circuits over an ATM network.

Describes the ATM Forum's Inverse Multiplexing specification for asyncrhonous transfer mode. Functional components; Link management; Source interface; Cell function; Unit management; Clocking discussion. INSET: Seeing into the stack, by P.Z..

Focuses on Asynchronous Transfer Mode testing. Specifications; Interoperability issues; Performance testing; Layers of abstraction; Future issues. INSETS: Testing documents, by S.C.;Key testing concepts..

Focuses on the Asynchronous Transfer Mode undertaking of kela, the institution that runs most of Finland's social security program. Features; Equipment contract awarding; Connection of workstations; Computing credos. INSET: Large-scale lessons..

Focuses on the need for concrete mechanism to integrate ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) into multiprotocol nets. ATM (MPOA) as a solution; Information on MPOA and its features; Promotion of two other schemes; Function of MPOA; LAN (local-area network) emulation contributing factor; Scalability limitations due to LAN emulation spec. INSETS: A lesson in LAN emulation.;Making sense of MPOA..

Focuses on the ATM Forum and the ITU's Telecommunications Standardization Sector (IUT-T) specifications, that makes it possible to balance ATM networks traffic. Detailed information on the specifications and their functions; Maximizing on utilization of resources; Differences between hop-by-hop and source routing; Estimation of best routes by the use of topology database; CBR and VBR services. INSET: The traffic tango..

Focuses on the inefficiency in voice traffic over asynchronous transfer mode (ATM). Problem with ATM specifications; Variable bit rate (VBR) as an alternative; Efforts by ATM Forum; Response by vendors.

Focuses on the ATM Forum and Internet Engineering Task Force's completion of interoperability specifications of asynchronous transfer mode. Performance advantages; Virtues of Classical IP; Routers; Subnetting. INSET: Classical IP or LAN emulation?..

Focuses on how to assess asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) analyzers. ATM-equipped protocol analyzers; Physical layer testers; Conventional analyzers.

Focuses on the use of customer network management (CNM) to improve the quality of service at the customer interface. Features of CNM interfaces; Impact of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) to CNM; CNM as a use interface; Core components of CNM; Issues associated with the integration of interfaces in internal management systems.

Presents the ATM Forum's model for asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) management framework. Description of the five-layer ATM management model; Features. INSETS: Interim intelligence, by P.A. & K.C.;Up and AToM, by P.A. & K.C..

Reports on developments related to asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)-based application program interfaces (APIs). Development of ATM APIs; Uses of APIs; How APIs can take advantage of the ATM technology.

Presents various arguments that detail the merits of 25 Mbit/s and 155 Mbit/s asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) as better alternatives for local area network (LAN) solutions. Cost difference; Speed; Impact on the ATM migration of users.

Focuses on the use of switched virtual circuits (SVC) in signaling in computer networks based on asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technology. Inadequacy of existing permanent virtual circuits in ATM networks; Use of connection signaling in public networks; Efforts of the ATM Forum to develop a standard signaling protocol. INSET: Mandatory messages..

Focuses on the debate regarding traffic management in computer networks based on asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technology. Need for a flow control feedback loop before the implementation of available bit rate (ABR) applications; Development of two approaches regarding the implementations of the flow control loop. INSET: Editor's note..

Focuses on the differences between frame relay and frame user-to-network interface (FUNI). Internetwork schemes as low-speed feeder technologies for asynchronous transfer mode (ATM); Criticisms against the internetwork schemes; Codevelopment of the technologies by the Frame Relay Forum and ATM Forum.

Compares the available bit rate service with other service classes designed for asynchronous transfer mode networks. Constant bit rate service; Variable bit rate service; Unspecified bit rate service; Costs; Bandwidth guarantee; Delay variation guarantee; Throughput guarantee; Congestion feedback.

Reports on the Aries Demonstration Project launched by Amoco Corp. in 1993 to determine the cost-effectiveness of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM). Illustration of the high-bandwidth applications simultaneously run by Amoco over its ATM network; Diagram illustrating the carrier services and access lines used in putting together the demonstration network; Project participants. INSET: Aries: A countdown to anxiety, by D.R.B..

Evaluates the performance of several asynchronous transfer mode switches from different companies in the United States. Goal of the test; Test procedures; Criteria used in evaluating the products. INSETS: Test methodology.;Product evaluation vendor participants..

Focuses on private network-to-network interface (PNNI), a standard that will enable asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switches from disparate vendors to interoperate. PNNI peer groups and physical topology; PNNI hierarchy; Interoperability with proprietary interswitch protocols. INSET: Stopgap PNNI (Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol)..

Presents a glossary of terms related to asynchronous transfer mode technology. INSET: ATM: An open book (bibliography)..

Presents ATM switches. Vendors; Product description; Price.

Focuses on the ability of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) for local area network (LAN) emulation. LAN emulation standard developed by the ATM Forum; Goal of LAN emulation; Two main components of an emulated LAN; functions of the server on an emulated LAN; Activity of the emulated LAN. INSET: Classic concern.. (Classical Internet protocol)..

Presents the findings of surveys made by Strategic Networks Consulting Inc. on pioneer companies which implemented asynchronous transfer mode networks. Achievements of the Westinghouse Electric Corp.; ATM project of Duke University Medical Center.

Presents two views regarding asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) congestion control. Credit-based scheme proposed by Robert Simcoe of Digital Equipment Corp.; Rate-based mechanism proposed by Larry Roberts of ATM systems.

Reports on the ATM Forum's plan to endorse more than one proposal to resolve debate over the control of the congestion of data traffic from corporate users of the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks. Need for a thorough specification for congestion and flow control; Focus of the congestion control proposals before the ATM Forum; Disagreements over options for handling data traffic; Descriptions of control approaches.

Discusses the benefits of using asynchronous transmission mode services (ATM). Cost of implementing ATM; How ATM services can help network managers; Problems occurring in ATM networks; Public carriers' claims regarding ATM technology; How ATM technology works.

Compares asynchronous transfer mode equipment with gigabit Ethernet from the standpoint of the representatives of Extreme Networks Inc. and Fore Systems Inc. Scalability; Cost-effectiveness; Business usage; Growth and installation; Interoperability; Resemblances between the two.

Highlights a debate between Richard Tinsley of Newbridge Networks and Larry Lang of Ipsilon Networks over Multiprotocol-over-ATM (MPOA) and IP switching technologies. Pros and cons of both technologies; Virtual reality; Concerns over uncompleted MPOA specifications.

Focuses on debates over the proposal to standardize 155-Mbit/s asynchronous transfer mode over Category 3 UTP. Concerns over the impact of running high speed networks on low-grade wiring; Impact of a 155-Mbit/s network adapter on a personal computer; Technical difficulties of standardizing 155-Mbit/s ATM over Category 3UTP.

Assesses networking products and services that are set for debut in 1995. Extension of LAN carrier services from AT&T and Compuserve; Purchase offer of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) by Telecom Finland; Faster link of Fiber Distributed Dat Interface (FDDI) and Ethernet to ATM; Branch office access; Slow pace of Integrated Digital Services Network (ISDN); Wireless networking. INSET: Hot and cold: Tracking the trends..

Focuses on Lightstream Corporation's Lightstream 2020, the first asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) backbone switch with direct interfaces to Ethernet and FDDI. Obsolescence of routers, hubs and other networking gears; Switch to LAN and WAN interfaces without replacing processor cards; Purchase cost.

Focuses on ATM products. Increase in number of ATM switches; Network executives' use of ATM to carry aggregate LAN traffic over a campus backbone; Focus on devices that combine multiple types of WAN traffic; Frame relay as a preferred way to handle legacy traffic.

Presents information on the role of the ATM Forum in establishing service interoperability among asynchronous transfer mode networks. Problems with the ATM Forum's specifications; Differences between ATM Forum's specifications and international standards; ATM Forum's membership growth; Liaison activities; Participation of ATM Forum's members in the standards process.

Reports on the features of ASX-4000 asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch from Fore Systems Inc. Key components; Operating principle; ATM switch, carrier or enterprise with OC48 ports; Switch control processors; Lack of support for a redundant switching fabric; Contact information; Price of the product.

Highlights the strong hold of the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) in the universal transport for corporate communications. Key to the survival of ATM; Three sizes of links that are strong in local access providers; Companies that recognized the opportunity for ATM.