| Introduction | p. xix |
| Overview, Introduction, Background, Motivation, and Standards | |
| Introduction to ATM and MPLS and Overview of the Book | p. 3 |
| Overview of This Book | p. 6 |
| Review | p. 12 |
| Background and Motivation for ATM and MPLS Networking | p. 13 |
| A Brief History of Communications | p. 14 |
| Defining the Demand for Communications | p. 17 |
| Technology Trends | p. 19 |
| Review | p. 24 |
| ATM- and MPLS-Related Standards Bodies | p. 25 |
| ATM- and MPLS-Related Standards Bodies | p. 26 |
| Creating Standards: The Players | p. 30 |
| Creating Standards: The Process | p. 32 |
| Other Aspects of Standards | p. 35 |
| Review | p. 36 |
| Networking and Protocol Fundamentals | |
| Networks, Circuits, Multiplexing, and Switching | p. 39 |
| General Network Topologies | p. 40 |
| Data Communications and Private Lines | p. 47 |
| Data Transmission Methods | p. 50 |
| Principles of Multiplexing and Switching | p. 53 |
| Review | p. 67 |
| Basic Protocol Concepts | p. 69 |
| A Brief History of Packet Switching | p. 70 |
| Basic Protocol Layering Concepts | p. 75 |
| Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model | p. 77 |
| Layers of the OSI Reference Model | p. 81 |
| Layered Data Communication Architectures | p. 85 |
| Network Service Paradigms | p. 91 |
| Review | p. 94 |
| Time Division Multiplexing and the Narrowband Integrated Services Digital Network | p. 95 |
| Circuit Switching | p. 96 |
| Private-Line Networks | p. 100 |
| Digital Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) | p. 104 |
| Basics and History of Narrowband ISDN (N-ISDN) | p. 113 |
| Review | p. 119 |
| Connection-Oriented Protocols--X.25 and Frame Relay | p. 121 |
| Packet Switching | p. 122 |
| Frame Relay--Overview and User Plane | p. 137 |
| Frame Relay--Control Plane | p. 149 |
| Review | p. 174 |
| Connectionless Protocols--IP and SMDS | p. 175 |
| The Internet Protocol SUITE, TCP/IP | p. 176 |
| Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS) | p. 198 |
| Review | p. 206 |
| LANS, Bridging, and Routing | p. 207 |
| Bridging, Routing, and Internetworking | p. 208 |
| IEEE Local Area Networking (LAN) Standards | p. 212 |
| Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) | p. 224 |
| Bridging Concepts, Systems, and Protocols | p. 229 |
| Routing Concepts, Systems, and Protocols | p. 235 |
| Bridging and Routing Systems Design | p. 247 |
| Review | p. 249 |
| Foundations of ATM and MPLS: Protocol and Structure | |
| Introduction to ATM and MPLS | p. 253 |
| Introduction to ATM and B-ISDN | p. 254 |
| Overview of the Application of ATM | p. 256 |
| Origins of MPLS: Reinventing IP over ATM | p. 263 |
| Introduction to MPLS | p. 274 |
| Considerations in the Choice of Cells Versus Frames | p. 277 |
| Review | p. 280 |
| ATM and MPLS: Physical Layer and Label Switching Functions | p. 281 |
| Overview of Physical, ATM, and AAL Layer Functions | p. 282 |
| ATM Physical Layer | p. 285 |
| ATM Layer | p. 296 |
| Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) | p. 308 |
| MPLS Encapsulation Standards | p. 312 |
| Review | p. 318 |
| ATM Adaptation and MPLS Tunneling Protocols | p. 319 |
| ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) | p. 320 |
| ATM Adaptation Layer 1 (AAL1) | p. 323 |
| ATM Adaptation Layer 2 (AAL2) | p. 332 |
| ATM Adaptation Layer 3/4 (AAL3/4) | p. 337 |
| ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5) | p. 340 |
| Multi-Service Tunneling over MPLS (and Other Protocols) | p. 346 |
| General Concept of Protocol Tunneling | p. 346 |
| ATM Forum's ATM over MPLS Network Interworking | p. 348 |
| "Martini" Multi-Service Encapsulation | p. 351 |
| Review | p. 352 |
| Higher-Level User and Control Plane Protocols | p. 353 |
| Overview of Higher-Layer ATM and MPLS Protocols | p. 354 |
| Overview of ATM and MPLS Control Plane Protocols | p. 358 |
| ATM Control Plane Structure and AAL | p. 361 |
| ATM User-Network Interface (UNI) Signaling | p. 368 |
| ATM Control Plane Addressing | p. 378 |
| Review | p. 385 |
| MPLS Signaling and Routing Protocols | p. 387 |
| MPLS Control Plane Architecture | p. 388 |
| MPLS Label Distribution Signaling Protocols | p. 397 |
| IGP Traffic Engineering Extensions: OSPF and IS-IS | p. 407 |
| Example Applications of MPLS in IP Networks | p. 409 |
| Review | p. 413 |
| ATM NNI Signalinag and Routing Protocols | p. 415 |
| Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol (IISP) | p. 416 |
| Private Network-Network Interface (PNNI) | p. 416 |
| Broadband InterCarrier Interface (B-ICI) | p. 433 |
| B-ISDN User Services Part (BISUP) | p. 433 |
| B-ICI's Replacement: ATM Inter-Network Interface (AINI) | p. 434 |
| Review | p. 439 |
| ATM and MPLS Support for Networking Applications | |
| Enabling Voice, TDM, and Video Over ATM and MPLS | p. 443 |
| Packet Voice Networking | p. 444 |
| Voice Trunking Using ATM and MPLS | p. 449 |
| Broadband Local Loop Emulation Using AAL2 | p. 459 |
| Circuit Emulation Using ATM and MPLS | p. 463 |
| Video over ATM and Packet Networks | p. 467 |
| Review | p. 472 |
| Connection-Oriented Protocol Support | p. 473 |
| Interworking, Access, and Trunking | p. 474 |
| Overview of Frame Relay/ATM Interworking | p. 477 |
| Frame Relay/ATM Network Interworking | p. 478 |
| Frame Relay/ATM Service Interworking | p. 481 |
| ATM Access to SMDS | p. 488 |
| Frame-Based Interfaces Supporting ATM | p. 489 |
| MPLS-Based Support for Link Layer Protocols | p. 498 |
| Review | p. 503 |
| ATM and MPLS Support for LAN Protocols | p. 505 |
| Multiprotocol Encapsulation over AAL5 | p. 506 |
| ATM Forum LAN Emulation (LANE) | p. 511 |
| Ethernet over MPLS | p. 520 |
| Review | p. 530 |
| ATM and MPLS Support of Enterprise-Level IP Networks | p. 531 |
| IP over ATM Virtual Private Networks | p. 533 |
| IP Virtual Private Networks (VPN) over MPLS or IP Tunnels | p. 545 |
| IP Path Maximum Transfer Unit (MTU) Discovery | p. 560 |
| Review | p. 562 |
| Quality of Service, Traffic Management, and Congestion Control | |
| The Traffic Contract and Quality of Service (QoS) | p. 565 |
| The Traffic Contract | p. 566 |
| Reference Models | p. 567 |
| Quality Of Service | p. 571 |
| Traffic Parameters and Conformance Definitions | p. 579 |
| Classes of Service | p. 586 |
| Comparison of ATM and IP QoS and TrafficParameters | p. 596 |
| ATM Service Categories Optimized for Packet Switching | p. 597 |
| Review | p. 607 |
| Traffic Control, QoS Mechanisms, and Resource Management | p. 609 |
| Achieving Conformance | p. 610 |
| Checking Conformance: Policing | p. 612 |
| Ensuring Conformance: Shaping | p. 624 |
| Delivering QoS: Prioritization, Queuing, and Scheduling | p. 630 |
| Meeting the Traffic Contract: Resource Management | p. 634 |
| Review | p. 640 |
| Congestion Control | p. 641 |
| Congestion: A Familiar Phenomenon | p. 642 |
| Congestion Control: A Range of Solutions | p. 645 |
| Categorization of Congestion Control Approaches | p. 649 |
| Congestion Management | p. 652 |
| Congestion Avoidance | p. 653 |
| Closed-Loop Flow Control | p. 654 |
| Congestion Recovery | p. 667 |
| Review | p. 671 |
| Communications Engineering, Traffic Engineering, and Design Considerations | |
| Basic Communications Engineering | p. 675 |
| Philosophy | p. 676 |
| Probability Theory | p. 677 |
| Common Digital Signals and Their Spectra | p. 679 |
| Error Models and Channel Capacity | p. 685 |
| Error-Detecting and -Correcting Codes | p. 689 |
| Data Compression | p. 694 |
| Review | p. 696 |
| Traffic Engineering | p. 697 |
| Philosophy | p. 698 |
| Overview of Queuing Theory | p. 699 |
| Call Attempt Rates, Blocking, and Queuing | p. 708 |
| Performance of Buffering Methods | p. 713 |
| Deterministic Constant Rate Performance | p. 718 |
| Equivalent Capacity | p. 720 |
| Priority Queuing Performance | p. 728 |
| Review | p. 730 |
| Design Considerations | p. 731 |
| Impacts of Delay, Loss, and Delay Variation | p. 732 |
| TCP Performance Considerations | p. 742 |
| Overview of the Network Planning and Design Process | p. 748 |
| Network Design and Modeling Tools | p. 753 |
| Review | p. 756 |
| Operations and Network Management for ATM and MPLS | |
| Operational Philosophy and Network Management Architectures | p. 759 |
| OAM&P Philosophy | p. 760 |
| Network Management Architectures | p. 764 |
| Review | p. 773 |
| Network Management Protocols and Management Information Bases (MIBs) | p. 775 |
| Network Management Protocols | p. 776 |
| ATM Management Information Bases (MIBs) | p. 782 |
| MPLS Management Information Bases (MIBs) | p. 787 |
| IP-Based Management Tools for MPLS | p. 790 |
| Review | p. 793 |
| ATM and MPLS Management and Performance Measurement | p. 795 |
| ATM OAM Flow Reference Architecture | p. 796 |
| ATM OAM Cell Formats | p. 798 |
| ATM OAM Fault Management | p. 800 |
| ATM Protection Switching | p. 806 |
| ATM Performance Specification and Measurement | p. 810 |
| MPLS OAM Status and Direction | p. 819 |
| Review | p. 820 |
| Design Considerations and Future Directions Involving ATM and MPLS | |
| Design Considerations for ATM and MPLS Networks | p. 825 |
| Efficiency Analysis | p. 826 |
| Scalability Analysis | p. 837 |
| Complexity Analysis | p. 842 |
| Reliability, Availability, and Stability | p. 846 |
| Supportability and Operability | p. 847 |
| Security | p. 847 |
| Review | p. 848 |
| Future Directions and Applications Involving MPLS and ATM | p. 851 |
| Future Directions and Applications of ATM | p. 852 |
| Lessons Learned from ATM for Multiservice Networking | p. 853 |
| Future Applications and Directions of MPLS (and IP) | p. 855 |
| Possible Future of Multiservice Networking | p. 861 |
| Review | p. 863 |
| Acronyms and Abbreviations | p. 865 |
| References | p. 881 |
| Index | p. 913 |
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