Packet switching... D4 Framing... SONET frame structure...VPI/VCI Translation/Compression... ILMI Services... The seemingly endless list of ATM technologies and their elements can be mind-boggling even for the most experienced engineer. Finally there's a single authoritative guide that provides a comprehensive picture of how all the parts of this complex technology work, individually and together. The book is designed to help communication hardware and software engineers better understand the role their work, or 'piece of the puzzle, ' plays in this fast-moving, cutting-edge technology....