ATM is based on the efforts of the ITU-T Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (BISDN) standard.
It was originally conceived as a high-speed transfer technology for voice, video, and data over public networks.
The ATM Forum extended the ITU-T's vision of ATM for use over public and private networks.
preview:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/internetworking/technology/handbook/atm.html
10/27/2001
