This course provides the concepts you need to understand Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) in both practice and potential. This class lays the foundation for ATM by explaining all the basics from formats and headers to virtual circuits and connections. We also explore the evolution to an ATM network from a non-ATM network. You will gain a business perspective on how ATM compares with alternative technologies, review the many interfaces, and examine the protocol. In addition to an ATM overview, specific topics featured in this course include: congestion control, the adaptation layer, carrier services, ATM backbones, IP over ATM, voice and video over ATM, Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI), MPLS and ATM standard interfaces.
