1 Mobile Communications and Computing -- 1.1 The Evolution of Mobile Communications -- 1.2 Global Mobile Communications -- 1.3 Wide Area Mobile Communications -- 1.4 Local Area Mobile Communications -- 1.5 Mobility and Adaptability -- 1.6 Mobile Computing -- 1.7 Research Challenges in Mobile Computing -- 1.8 Chapter Summary -- 2 Fundamentals of Atm and Wireless Atm Networks -- 2.1 Asynchronous Transfer Mode -- 2.2 ATM Protocols -- 2.3 ATM Forum Wireless ATM Working Group -- 2.4 Wireless ATM Concepts -- 2.5 Wireless ATM Protocols -- 2.6 Chapter Summary -- 3 Architectures of High Speed Wireless Atm Networks -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 ETSI HIPERLAN and IEEE 802.11 -- 3.3 America's SUPERNET and Europe's RACE MBS -- 3.4 Architecture Based On Rapid Deployment -- 3.5 Architecture Based On Mobile Representative -- 3.6 Architecture Based On Distributed Control -- 3.7 Architecture Based On Hierarchical Organisation -- 3.8 Architecture Based On Intelligent Network -- 3.9 Architecture Based On Virtual Path Overlay -- 3.10 Cambridge Wireless ATM LAN Architecture -- 3.11 Chapter Summary -- 4 Routing and Crossover Atm Switch Discovery -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Link-State Routing -- 4.3 Distance-Vector Routing -- 4.4 Minimum-Hop Routing -- 4.5 ATM Forum's P-NNI Routing -- 4.6 IETF I-PNNI Routing -- 4.7 ATM Connection Management Schemes -- 4.8 Crossover Switch Discovery -- 4.9 Implementation Outlines of CX Discovery -- 4.10 Mobile Quality of Service -- 4.11 Chapter Summary -- 5 Wireless Atm Handover Protocol Design -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Existing Handover Schemes -- 5.3 Classification of Handoff Issues -- 5.4 Handover Protocol Design Issues -- 5.5 Handover Protocol Using Radio Hint -- 5.6 Handover Protocol Without Radio Hint -- 5.7 Handover Protocol Summary -- 5.8 Chapter Summary -- 6 Wireless Atm Handover Protocol Implementation -- 6.1 Objective -- 6.2 Cambridge Fairisle ATM Switch -- 6.3 Wanda Micro-Kernel -- 6.4 MSNA ATM Protocol Suite -- 6.5 Experimental Prototype Model -- 6.6 Performance Comparisons of CR Modules -- 6.7 Implementation Results and Performance Evaluation -- 6.8 Comparisons and Related Work -- 6.9 Design and Implementation Applicability -- 6.10 Chapter Summary -- 7 Roaming Between Wireless Atm Lans -- 7.1 Objective -- 7.2 Wireless LAN Organisation -- 7.3 Inter Wireless ATM LAN Roaming -- 7.4 Handover of A Connection Within A WATM LAN -- 7.5 Handover of A Connection Across WATM LANs -- 7.6 Handover of A Connection Across Multiple WATM LANs -- 7.7 Consistency During Inter WATM LAN Handovers -- 7.8 Chapter Summary -- 8 Unicast and Multicast: A Unifying Handover Paradigm -- 8.1 Objective -- 8.2 IP and ATM Multicasting -- 8.3 Multicast Routing Protocols -- 8.4 Mobile Multicast Connection Establishment -- 8.5 Handovers of Mobile Multicast Connections -- 8.6 Inter-Cluster Handovers of Multicast Connections -- 8.7 Intra-Cluster Handovers of Multicast Connections -- 8.8 Uniform and Unified Handovers -- 8.9 Discussion -- 8.10 Chapter Summary -- 9 The Cambridge Ad-Hoc Mobile Routing Protocol -- 9.1 Objective -- 9.2 Characteristics of Ad-Hoc Mobile Networks -- 9.3 A Mobile CSCW Application -- 9.4 Early Ad-Hoc Mobile Routing Schemes -- 9.5 Current Ad-Hoc Mobile Routing Schemes -- 9.6 Principles of ABR: Associativity-Based Routing -- 9.7 ABR Protocol Description -- 9.8 Comparisons with Existing Protocols -- 9.9 Dynamic Cell Size Adjustment Scheme (DCSAS) -- 9.10 Comparing with ETSI HIPERLAN -- 9.11 Ad-Hoc Mobile Quality of Service -- 9.12 Chapter Summary -- 10 Conclusion -- 10.1 Current Trends and Future of Wireless ATM -- 10.2 Future Research Work -- 10.3 Vision 2000 and Beyond -- Appendices -- A Formal Statements of CX Discovery Algorithms -- A.1 Loose Select CX Discovery -- A.2 Prior Path Knowledge CX Discovery -- A.3 Prior Path Optimal Resultant CX Discovery -- A.4 Distributed Hunt CX Discovery -- A.5 Backward Tracking CX Discovery -- B HANDOVER PROTOCOL STATE MACHINES -- B.1 With-Hint Handover Protocol State Machines -- B.2 Without-Hint Handover Protocol State Machines -- C Performance Evaluation of CX Discovery Schemes -- C.1 Objective -- C.2 Mobile Network Simulation Model -- C.3 Performance Evaluation of CX Discovery Algorithms -- C.4 Overall Performance Evaluation Summary -- C.5 Chapter Summary -- D Performance Evaluation of Abr and Dcsas -- D.1 Objective -- D.2 ABR Simulation and Performance Evaluation -- D.3 ABR Simulation Results and Observations -- D.4 DCSAS Simulation and Performance Evaluation -- D.5 Chapter Summary -- References -- Glossary of Terms.