IP Applications with ATM

This guide to the new technology within ATM, provides readers with an understanding of switching basics and key protocols required for applications such as desktop conferencing, digital video and multimedia. This text offers a simple explanation of how fast packet switching works and how it differs from X.25: the well established CCITT standard for fastpacket switching. Written for planners, developers and carriers of broad band services this guide discusses internals and architectures of protocols and offers a market-aware treatment of engineering and cost issues. The book includes case studies for a number of different applications.