ATM Standards and Applications

Overview/Description
To outline the services and applications of ATM and the standards which describe these standards

Target Audience
Technical professionals; IT and business managers who need to learn about wide area network technologies; students investigating or researching telecommunications technologies; Nontechnical business managers, project managers, and end-users who require information on the capabilities of communications technologies to make informed decisions on communications implementations

Prerequisites
An understanding of telecommunication fundamentals, basic data communications, internetworking, and LAN technologies

Expected Duration
240 Minutes

Objectives:

ATM Standards and Applications

  • identify the permanent virtual connection (PVC) services available over ATM.
  • discuss the integration of voice and video over ATM.
  • identify the possible applications of the services that ATM can support.
  • discuss the Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS) and Circuit Emulation Services (CES).
  • discuss LAN Emulation (LANE).
  • discuss the operation and implementation of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) on an enterprise network.
  • identify the standards that define Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).
  • identify the components necessary to enable LAN Emulation (LANE) over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and to differentiate between MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) and MultiProtocol over ATM (MPOA).
  • discuss the interworking of ATM with wireless networks and DSL technologies.
  • discuss the interworking of Gigabit Ethernet and Frame Relay with ATM.
  • discuss SONET/SDH.
  • identify the relationship between ATM and other transmission technologies.


    • Course Number: 75360_eng