Table of Contents
1NetworkLayering
1.1General
1.2ArchitecturalcomponentsofanATMtransport
network
1.3ATMLayer
1.4PhysicalLayer
1.5Hierarchicallevel-to-levelrelationship
1.6Functionaldescriptionofthelayerednetwork
2Applicationofvirtualchannelconnectionsand
virtualpathconnections
2.1Applicationsofvirtualchannelconnections
2.2Applicationsofthevirtualpathconnections
3ControlandmanagementofVPCand/orVCCatuser
access
3.1Networkelementsinvolvedinthetransport
ofuserplaneinformation
3.2Communicationsbetweenuserandnetworkelements
3.3Possiblecommunicationscenariosfortypical
configurationsattheuseraccess
4B-ISDNcontrolandmanagementtransportnetwork
4.1Generalobjectivesandrequirements
4.2Generictransportnetworkstructure
4.3Possiblenetworkarchitectures
4.4Performancerequirements
4.5Networkmanagementofthecontrolandmanagement
transportnetwork
4.6Reliabilityrequirements
5B-ISDNsignallingprinciples
5.1Introduction
5.2Signallingcapabilities
5.3Signallingtransportfunction
6NetworkcapabilitiestosupportchargingofB-ISDN
services
ANNEXAHierarchicalstructureforATMtransportnetwork
ANNEXBNetworkelementfunctionsandVP/VCconnections
ANNEXCDefinitionandscopeofserviceprofilesatuser
access
C.1Definition
C.2Scope
C.3Serviceprofileconfiguration
APPENDIXIExampleofapathandprotocolstacksof
networkelementswithinB-ISDNsignalling
network
APPENDIXIIB-ISDNmanagementfunctions Abstract
Describes networking techniques, traffic control, signalling principles and resources management for B-ISDN.