  Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) has emerged as the most promising technology
in supporting future broadband multimedia communication services. To accelerate
the deployment of ATM technology, the ATM Forum, which is a consortium of
service providers and equipment vendors in the communication industries has
been created to develop implementation and specification agreements. In this
article, we present a brief overview on ATM protocol layers and current
progress on LAN Emulation and Traffic Management in the ATM Forum.
