17.5. ATM Forum

The ATM Forum is an international forum founded in 1991 with the purpose of assisting the rapid and widespread implementation of ATM technology. The ATM Forum had more than 600 member companies in 2001. The ATM Forum consists of a managing Board, a Technical Committee, and Market Awareness Committees for Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. The Technical Committee consists of the following working groups:

• ATM-IP Collaboration

• Control Signaling

• Frame-Based ATM

• Network Management

• Physical Layer

• Routing Addressing

• Residential Broadband

• Security

• Service Aspects and Applications

• Testing

• Traffic Management

• Voice and Telephony over ATM

• Wireless ATM

The ATM Forum may be reached at 1000 Executive Parkway #220, St. Louis, MO 63141 phone: 1-314-205-0200, www.atmforum.com.