Overview of ATM Forum (ATMF) efforts
Quick ATM review to position new spec efforts
Anchorage, new approved specs and Spec watch

New ATM Physical (PHY) Layer Specs
Where do the new specs fit in the PHY layer?
New low cost connectors for ATM campus nets
New PHY protocols : 622, 1000 and 2498.32 Gbps
Inverse Multiplexing for ATM (IMA) : business case
IMA T1/E1 performance objectives and availability
IMA architecture : version 1.x, MIB
Serial UTOPIA, MultiPHY

Circuit Emulation Service (CES) and VTOA
AAL1 CES review : structured/unstructured service
Dynamic Bandwidth CES using AAL1 for 64 kbps
VTOA : AAL1/2 Trunking for switched N*64 services
Timing recovery
Synch and Async (SRTS /Adaptive)
ITU-T's I.Trunking : AAL2 SSCS trunking
CES using AAL-CU : Composite use for low bit rates

ATMF Routing and Addressing Developments
ATM Addressing standards
AESA, E.164 N/e/A, DCC, ICD, local
4 examples of addressing in connections
Transported Number Stack (TNS)
Address types for different network types
Internetworking addressing examples
AINI : ATM Internetworking Interface
Peers, non-peers and Transit networks
ASP-ASP, Private-Private, bi-level addressing
All BISUP, mixed Q.2931 and BISUP networks

LAN Emulation (LANE) version 2.x Developments
Quick review of LANE version 1 technology
LANE v2 summary : new services, features, support
LUNI (LANE User Network Interface) version 2
LLC Multiplexing, TLVs, Multicasting, QoS
LNNI (LANE Network Network Interface) & MIB
Architecture, protocol layers, topology, protocols
Functions & Services to : AALs, Connection Management, Layer Management, SCSP services
Protocols and procedures : LECs to LECs,
 LES initialization and configuration, connection
BUS forwarding : multicast and unicast traffic

PNNI (Private Network Network Interface) Developments
Review of PNNI v1 : addressing, DTLs, ‘crankback’
PNNI databases, PTSPs and PTSEs
PAR : PNNI Augmented Routing
PPAR : Proxy PAR
PNNI 2.0 enhancements and new PNNI MIBs

MultiProtocol Over ATM (MPOA) v1.1 Developments
Purpose, evolution, requirements
MPOA alternatives : Tag Switching, MLPS
MPOA architecture : MPS, NHRP, MPC, ROLC
Operation : MPC-MPS, MPS-MPS, MPC-MPC control
MPOA data flows : MPC-MPC, MPC-NHC
Configuration, discovery, MPOA-NHRP resolution
Shortcut traffic Data Frame Encapsulations
MPOA Data Plane Purge mechanism
Ambiguities : info at ingress and egress MPCs
Do fast new switch routers make MPOA irrelevant?

ATM Application Programming Interface
SAA - API
Background : Why do we need an ATM API?
ATMF's Semantics for Native AP and its services
NAS : Native ATM Semantics, State Machines
NAS primitives - history of a NAS-based Connection
Java.net API : why, structure, features, classes, I/F

ATMF's Residential Broadband Technology
RBB Architectural Framework : 5 parts
Services, interfaces (HUNI, UNIx, ANI), HAN
ATM Access Circuits : HFC and PON; connectors
Alternative access circuits : ADSL, VDSL

Network Management Spec Update
Summary review of management models
  for SNMP, OSI CMIP/TMN), tradeoffs, ILMI MIBs
ATM M1 - M5 management responsibilities
M4 : architecture and SNMP / CMIP MIBs
Network View (NV) interface
Network Element (NE) Management interface
New MIBs : CES, IMA, LANE, MPOA, PNNI, AALs

Native ATM Connectionless Service (CLS)
Applications use CLS for short lived data exchanges
Comparison of CLS to MPOA, MPLS, I.364