Charging for ATM Book

Several different factors influence the charging for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). These include technology, marketing, and political. Scharf considers the various charging schemes and evaluates them in terms of definition, parameters, development, and the practicalities. This leads to the discussion of their requirements and relation to services and service componnets. Case studies such as Intranet over ATM and Multimedia to the Desktop are used to examine these considerations step-by-step.