Digital switching systems : system reliability and analysis ; [quickly understand and analyze any digital switching system ; state-of-the-art analysis of switching control points ; hardware and software reliablity analysis ; advanced Marcov models for mod

Digital switching system reliability is the ultimate gating factor in the continued expansion of the Internet, and a key competitive differentiator in the deregulated telecommunications market. This authoritative book enables telecommunications design engineers, service providers, and reliability and software engineers to gain a more complete understanding of digital switching systems and how to upgrade digital switching system reliability in their organizations. It is the first book to bring digital switching system design, hardware and software reliability, and maintenance under one coverNemploying advanced Markov models and a variety of analysis tools and techniques to assess digital switching system reliability. Written By A Bellcore Telecommunications Expert With Over 27 Years Of Experience, This Comprehensive And Generously Illustrated Book Is The First Ever To Bring Digital Switching System Design, Hardware And Software Reliability, And Maintenance Under One Cover. It Provides Telecommunications Design Engineers, Service Providers, And Reliability And Software Engineers Everything Needed To Understand And Analyze Digital Switches: Full Coverage Of All Digital Switching Systems Fundamentals And Architectural Issues, Advanced Markov Models And The Use Of Sensitivity Analysis To Help Assess Digital Switching System Reliability, State-of-the-art Analysis Of Telephony Traffic Signal Transfer Points (stps), Detailed Description Of Digital Switching System Software, And Quality Analysis Techniques, And Digital Switching System Maintenance, And Analysis Of Networked Switching Systems. In Addition, The Book Develops A Generic Digital Switching System Model That Enables Even The Most Inexperienced Telecommunications Engineers To Quickly Comprehend The Basic Architecture And Functionally Of Digital Switching Systems. Opaque to Internet end users until they encounter problems with their service is the issue of the reliability of digital switching systems. For telecommunications design engineers, service providers, and software engineers familiar with the basics of telephony, Ali (senior engineer, Bell Communications Research; Piscataway, NJ) tours switching system fundamentals (including the architecture of networked systems), system software and quality analysis tools (e.g. sensitivity analysis), reliability modeling techniques (e.g. advanced Markov models), and maintenance (firmware and software). Also discusses the major DSSs in the North American network, and his own generic model in the context of up-and-coming trends. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. This book assumes that the reader is familiar with the fundamentals of telephony.