what's inside

• A description of client/server models and how they function
• A basic review of ATM networking
• Techniques used to build state-of-the-art communications systems
• How to implement a client/server ATM network
• Practical ATM issues such as traffic management and performance
• How to use evolving protocols to grow networks in the future

about the reader

Previous books have covered ATM and client/server separately. This book, intended for networking professionals, is unique in its focus on the hows and whys of the inevitable marriage of these two technologies.

about the author

Daniel Minoli, Director of Engineening and Development at Teleport Communications Group, has extensive interdisciplinary experience in advanced telecommunications and data communications, acquired through tenures at premiere technology-based organizations, including Bellcore, Prudential Securities, ITT, and Bell Laboratories.

Andrew Schmidt has over 15 years of telecommunications, engineering, marketing and management experience gained in both industry and academia. For the past decade his concentration has been in WAN network design, network management, and protocol modeling/simulation. Most recently, he is Product Manager in Ameritech's Business Solutions Group with responsibility for WAN/LAN Inter/Intranet products.