Abstract:
          ATM has evolved as a networking technology for the broadband 
	  integrated service network for the transport of computer data, 
	  imaging, video and audio.  With the completion of several ATM 
	  Forum Functional Specifications recently, ATM gets into a new 
	  phase of development and further deployment. This presentation 
	  provides a tutorial on the key elements of ATM technology, such 
	  as Traffic Management, PNNI Routing, and Signaling. We explain 
	  the fundamentals of ATM networking and how the features, like 
	  Quality of Service, are supported by different elements of ATM 
	  technology. The current status of ATM Forum specifications will 
	  also be discussed.

Presenter:
          Dr. Nanying Yin 
	  Dr. Yin is a Consulting Engineer in the Advanced Technology Group 
	  at Bay Networks, Inc. (Wellfleet Communications, Inc.).  He is  
	  responsible for the technology development in switching 
	  architectures and traffic management mechanisms for the switched 
	  internetworking products. He represents Bay Networks in the ATM 
	  Forums Traffic Management Subworking group. He has published over 
	  20 articles at technical conferences and  journals, and holds 
	  four U.S. patents.  He is a member of IEEE, ACM, and Computer  
	  Communications.

Date and Time:
-- September 14, 1996, Saturday
-- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location:
-- Main Hall of the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association
-- (GBCCA, see directions below)

Admission Fee:
-- No charges for NECINA Members 
-- $5.00 admission fee for non-members of NECINA
-- (NECINA Membership fee is $10.00)

GBCCA Address:
-- 437 Cherry Street,  West Newton, MA.

Directions to GBCCA:
-- Take Route 128, then take Route 16 East Exit. 
-- About 2 miles, you will pass the overpass of Mass Pike.
   The first light after the overpass will be Cherry Street.
-- Turn left onto Cherry Street, immediately  turn left to
   the parking lot. GBCCA center is the 2 story brick building
   next to the parking lot.