This paper describes the design and implementation of a PC terminal supporting ATM signalling and its incorporation in an ATM test-bed for the provision of multimedia services. It presents the method that was adopted to test the signalling stack for compliance to the respective specifications. The role of signalling functionality in service provision is also assessed, both from the functional and performance evaluation point of view. The ATM terminal service provision capabilities were demonstrated with a real-time video distribution application and resulted in one of the first experiments, involving a multimedia application integrated with the signalling protocol stack infrastructure.
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