Course Modules

1. ATM Basics

1.1. Network Transfer Mode
1.2. ATM cell
1.3. The ATM cell header
1.4. ATM connections
1.5. ATM as a transport network
1.6. Statistical multiplexing

2. ATM Traffic and Resource Management

2.1. ATM traffic management function
2.2. Traffic Contracts
2.3. ATM Service Categories
2.4. Resource management in ATM network
2.5. Routing and Digit Analysis

3. ATM Protocols and Signaling

3.1. ATM protocol
3.1. Physical Layer
3.1. ATM Adaptation Layer
3.1. Switching in ATM network
3.1. Signaling in 3G mobile network
3.1. ATM as a transport network in 3G network

4. IP over ATM

4.1. The challenges of IP over ATM
4.2. Models of IP over ATM
4.3. IP QoS over ATM