ATM Forum specs

Current Items as of October 1997

Technical Working Group	Major Work Efforts	Status	Approval Forecast
B-ICI Chair: Robert Epley	B-ICI 2.2 or 3.0 (T.B.D.)	Work in Progress	TBD
Joint PHY and RBB	50 Mbps over Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) Note: will not become a separate spec but will be part of larger RBB document	Work in Progress	TBD
Lan Emulation/MPOA Chair: Andre Fredette	LANE v2.0 LEC MIB	Straw Ballot	4/98
	LANE v2.0 Server-to-server Interface	Work in Progress	TBD
	Multi-Protocol Over ATM v1.0 MIB	Straw Ballot	4/98
Network Management Chair: Roger Kosak	Enterprise/Carrier Management Interface (M4) Requirements & Logical MIB SVC Function NE View V2.0	Work in Progress	4/98
	Enterprise/Carrier Network Management (M4) SNMP MIB	Straw Ballot	2/98
	Carrier Interface (M5) Requirements & CMIP MIB	Work in Progress	4/98
	Management System Network Interface Security Requirements & Logical MIB	Work in Progress	TBD
	ATM Access Function Specification Requirements & Logical MIB	Straw Ballot	2/98
	M4 Requirements & Logical MIB Network View v2.0	Work in Progress	TBD
Physical Layer Chair: Stefan Wurster	nxDS0 Interface	Work in Progress	TBD
	2.4 Gbps Interface	Work in Progress	1997
	1-2.5 Gbps Interface	Work in Progress	1998
	10 Gbps Interface	Work in Progress	1998
	Addendum to POF af-phy-pof155-0079.000 for Fiber Jack Connector	Straw Ballot	2/98
P-NNI (Private Network-to-Network Interface) Chair: Ethan Mickey Spiegel	Integrated PNNI (I-PNNI)	Work in Progress	TBD
	PNNI Augmented Routing (PAR)	Work in Progress	TBD
	PNNI 2.0 (Note: includes B-QSIG PNNI interworking)	Work in Progress	4/98
	Interworkng ATM Networks	Work in Progress	TBD
	ATM Addressing Guidelines	Work in Progress	7/98
RBB (Residential Broadband) Chair: David Thorne	RBB Specification	Work in Progress	TBD
Security Chair: Mohammad Peyravian	Security 1.0	Straw Ballot	2/98
	Security Framework 1.0	Straw Ballot	2/98
Service Aspects & Applications Chair: Bahman Mobasser	API Semantic Doc 2.0 for UNI 4.0	Work in Progress	6/98
	Native ATM Services DLPI Addendum v1.0	Final Ballot	11/97
	VBR MPEG-Z Over ATM	Work in Progress	TBD
	Broadband Multimedia Services	Work in Progress	TBD
	H.323 Media Transport over ATM	Work in Progress	TBD
Signaling Chair: open
	Closed User Group Support, Third Party Connection, Security	Work in Progress	TBD
Testing Chair: Gregan Crawford	Conformance Abstract Test Suite for Signaling (UNI 3.1) for the User Side	Work in Progress	4/98
	Performance Testing Specification	Work in Progress	7/98
	PICS for Signaling (UNI v3.1) - User Side	Work in Progress	4/98
	Conformance Abstract Test Suite for LANE 1.0 Server	Work in Progress	TBD
	Conformance Abstract Test Suite for UNI 3.0/3.1 ILMI Registration (User Side & Network Side)	Work in Progress	TBD
	ATM Test Access Function (ATAF) Spec	Straw Ballot	2/98
	UNI Signaling Performance Test Suite	Work in Progress	TBD
	Interoperability Test Suite for PNNI v1.0	Work in Progress	TBD
	Interoperability Test Suite for LANE v1.0	Work in Progress	TBD
Traffic Management Chair: Natalie Giroux
	Future work planning underway	Work in Progress	TBD
Voice and Telephony over ATM Chair: Peter Chase
	ATM Trunking Using AALZ for Narrowband	Straw Ballot	7/98
	Low Speed CES	Work in Progress	TBD
Wireless ATM Chair: Lou Dellaverson	WATM Spec 1.0	Work in Progress	April / May 1999

Work in Progress:

All work up to release of working document for Straw Ballot.

Straw Ballot:

Specification released for test vote with comments (may require 2 or more rounds). Discussion phase follows.

Final Ballot:

Final specification presented for vote of membership.

Notes:

Specification number (for letter ballot) in italics.

Please allow 6 weeks for publications & availability from date document is approved.

Approved Items as of October 1997

Below is a listing of all specifications completed and approved by the ATM Forum since its inception in 1991.

These documents may be found on the ftp server in several different formats. The document numbers listed here link to the .pdf version of the document where available.

Technical Working Group	Approved Specifications	Specification	Approved Date
B-ICI	B-ICI 1.0	af-bici-0013.000	Sep, 1993
	B-ICI 1.1	af-bici-0013.001
	B-ICI 2.0 (delta spec to B-ICI 1.1)	af-bici-0013.002	Dec, 1995
	B-ICI 2.0 (integrated specification)	af-bici-0013.003	Dec, 1995
	B-ICI 2.0 Addendum or 2.1	af-bici-0068.000	Nov, 1996
Data Exchange Interface	Data Exchange Interface version 1.0	af-dxi-0014.000	Aug, 1993
ILMI (Integrated Layer Mgmt. Interface)	ILMI 4.0	af-ilmi-0065.000	Sep, 1996
Lan Emulation/MPOA	LAN Emulation over ATM 1.0	af-lane-0021.000	Jan, 1995
	LAN Emulation Client Management Specification	af-lane-0038.000	Sep, 1995
	LANE 1.0 Addendum	af-lane-0050.000	Dec, 1995
	LANE Servers Management Spec v1.0	af-lane-0057.000	Mar, 1996
	LANE v2.0 LUNI Interface	af-lane-0084.000	July, 1997
	Multi-Protocol Over ATM Specification v1.0	af-mpoa-0087.000	July, 1997
Network Management	Customer Network Management (CNM) for ATM Public Network Service	af-nm-0019.000	Oct, 1994
	M4 Interface Requirements and Logical MIB	af-nm-0020.000	Oct, 1994
	CMIP Specification for the M4 Interface	af-nm-0027.000	Sep, 1995
	M4 Public Network view	af-nm-0058.000	Mar, 1996
	M4 "NE View"	af-nm-0071.000	Jan, 1997
	Circuit Emulation Service Interworking Requirements, Logical and CMIP MIB	af-nm-0072.000	Jan, 1997
	M4 Network View CMIP MIB Spec v1.0	af-nm-0073.000	Jan, 1997
	M4 Network View Requirements & Logical MIB Addendum	af-nm-0074.000	Jan, 1997
	ATM Remote Monitoring SNMP MIB	af-nm-test-0080.000	July, 1997
Physical Layer	Issued as part of UNI 3.1: 44.736 DS3 Mbps Physical Layer 100 Mbps Multimode Fiber Interface  Physical Layer 155.52 Mbps SONET STS-3c   Physical Layer 155.52 Mbps Physical Layer	af-uni-0010.002
	ATM Physical Medium Dependent Interface Specification for 155 Mb/s over Twisted Pair Cable	af-phy-0015.000	Sep, 1994
	DS1 Physical Layer Specification	af-phy-0016.000	Sep, 1994
	Utopia	af-phy-0017.000	Mar, 1994
	Mid-range Physical Layer Specification for Category 3 UTP	af-phy-0018.000	Sep, 1994
	6,312 Kbps UNI Specification	af-phy-0029.000	June, 1995
	E3 UNI	af-phy-0034.000	Aug, 1995
	Utopia Level 2	af-phy-0039.000	June, 1995
	Physical Interface Specification for 25.6 Mb/s over Twisted Pair	af-phy-0040.000	Nov, 1995
	A Cell-based Transmission Convergence Sublayer for Clear Channel Interfaces	af-phy-0043.000	Jan, 1996
	622.08 Mbps Physical Layer	af-phy-0046.000	Jan, 1996
	155.52 Mbps Physical Layer Specification for Category 3 UTP (See also UNI 3.1, af-uni-0010.002)	af-phy-0047.000
	120 Ohm Addendum to ATM PMD Interface Spec for 155 Mbps over TP	af-phy-0053.000	Jan, 1996
	DS3 Physical Layer Interface Spec	af-phy-0054.000	Mar, 1996
	155 Mbps over MMF Short Wave Length Lasers, Addendum to UNI 3.1	af-phy-0062.000	July, 1996
	WIRE (PMD to TC layers)	af-phy-0063.000	July, 1996
	E-1 Physical Layer Interface Specification	af-phy-0064.000	Sep, 1996
	155 Mbps over Plastic Optical Fiber (POF)	af-phy-0079.000	May, 1997
	Inverse ATM Mux	af-phy-0086.000	July, 1997
P-NNI	Interim Inter-Switch Signaling Protocol	af-pnni-0026.000	Dec, 1994
	P-NNI V1.0	af-pnni-0055.000	Mar, 1996
	PNNI 1.0 Addendum (soft PVC MIB)	af-pnni-0066.000	Sep, 1996
	PNNI ABR Addendum	af-pnni-0075.000	Jan, 1997
	PNNI v1.0 Errata and PICs	af-pnni-0081.000	July, 1997
Service Aspects and Applications	Frame UNI	af-saa-0031.000	Sep, 1995
	Circuit Emulation	af-saa-0032.000	Sep, 1995
	Native ATM Services: Semantic Description	af-saa-0048.000	Feb, 1996
	Audio/Visual Multimedia Services: Video on Demand v1.0	af-saa-0049.000	Jan, 1996
	Audio/Visual Multimedia Services: Video on Demand v1.1	af-saa-0049.001	Mar, 1997
	ATM Names Service	af-saa-0069.000	Nov, 1996
	FUNI 2.0	af-saa-0088.000	July, 1997
Signaling	(See UNI 3.1, af-uni-0010.002)
	UNI Signaling 4.0	af-sig-0061.000	July, 1996
	Signaling ABR Addendum	af-sig-0076.000	Jan, 1997
Testing
	Introduction to ATM Forum Test Specifications	af-test-0022.000	Dec, 1994
	PICS Proforma for the DS3 Physical Layer Interface	af-test-0023.000	Sep, 1994
	PICS Proforma for the SONET STS-3c Physical Layer Interface	af-test-0024.000	Sep, 1994
	PICS Proforma for the 100 Mbps Multimode Fibre Physical Layer Interface	af-test-0025.000	Sep, 1994
	PICS Proformat for the ATM Layer (UNI 3.0)	af-test-0028.000	Apr, 1995
	Conformance Abstract Test Suite for the ATM Layer for Intermediate Systems (UNI 3.0)	af-test-0030.000	Sep, 1995
	Interoperability Test Suite for the ATM Layer (UNI 3.0)	af-test-0035.000	Apr, 1995
	Interoperability Test Suites for Physical Layer: DS-3, STS-3c, 100 Mbps MMF (TAXI)	af-test-0036.000	Apr, 1995
	PICS Proforma for the DS1 Physical Layer	af-test-0037.000	Apr, 1995
	Conformance Abstract Test Suite for the ATM Layer (End Systems) UNI 3.0	af-test-0041.000	Jan, 1996
	PICS for AAL5 (ITU spec)	af-test-0042.000	Jan, 1996
	PICS Proforma for the 51.84 Mbps Mid-Range PHY Layer Interface	af-test-0044.000	Jan, 1996
	Conformance Abstract Test Suite for the ATM Layer of Intermediate Systems (UNI 3.1)	af-test-0045.000	Jan, 1996
	PICS for the 25.6 Mbps over Twisted Pair Cable (UTP-3) Physical Layer	af-test-0051.000	Mar, 1996
	Conformance Abstract Test Suite for the ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) Type 5 Common Part (Part 1)	af-test-0052.000	Mar, 1996
	PICS for ATM Layer (UNI 3.1)	af-test-0059.000	July, 1996
	Conformance Abstract Test Suite for the UNI 3.1 ATM Layer of End Systems	af-test-0060.000	June, 1996
	Conformance Abstract Test Suite for the SSCOP Sub-layer (UNI 3.1)	af-test-0067.000	Sep, 1996
	PICS for the 155 Mbps over Twisted Pair Cable (UTP-5/STP-5) Physical Layer	af-test-0070.000	Nov, 1996
	PNNI v1.0 Errata and PICs	af-pnni-0081.000	July, 1997
	PICS for Direct Mapped DS3	af-test-0082.000	July, 1997
	Conformance Abstract Test Suite for Signalling (UNI 3.1) for the Network Side	af-test-0090.000	September, 1997
Traffic Management	(See UNI 3.1, af-uni-0010.002)
	Traffic Management 4.0	af-tm-0056.000	Apr, 1996
	Traffic Management ABR Addendum	af-tm-0077.000	Jan, 1997
Voice & Telephony over ATM	Circuit Emulation Service 2.0	af-vtoa-0078.000	Jan, 1997
	Voice and Telephony Over ATM to the Desktop	af-vtoa-0083.000	May, 1997
	(DBCES) Dynamic Bandwith Utilization in 64 KBPS Time Slot Trunking Over ATM - Using CES	af-vtoa-0085.000	July, 1997
	ATM Trunking Using AAL1 for Narrow Band Services v1.0	af-vtoa-0089.000	July, 1997
User-Network Interface (UNI)	ATM User-Network Interface Specification V2.0	af-uni-0010.000	June, 1992
	ATM User-Network Interface Specification V3.0	af-uni-0010.001	Sep, 1993
	ATM User-Network Interface Specification V3.1	af-uni-0010.002	1994

Anchorage Accord

Below you will find a listing of specifications that make up the Anchorage Accord. These specifications are available to download from The ATM Forum public ftp server or you may purchase the Anchorage Accord on CD ROM, available in June, from McGraw-Hill. To order a copy of The ATM Forum Anchorage Accord on CD-ROM, call McGraw-Hill at 1-800-722-4726 (ISBN 0-07-856654-1).

Specifications included in the Anchorage Accord: