Digital Switching Systems

Learnhow to analyze digital switching systems and quickly assess switchhardware and software reliability! The reliability of digitalswitching systems is a major factor in the continued expansion of theInternet and a key competitive differentiator in the deregulatedtelecommunications market. How do you upgrade the reliability of yourdigital switching system and improve the level of service that youdeliver to your customers? You can start by mastering the digitalswitching system analysis tools, techniques, and methodologydescribed in this unique book. Written by a Bellcoretelecommunications expert with over 27 years of experience, thiscomprehensive and generously illustrated book is the first ever tobring digital switching system design, hardware and softwarereliability, and maintenance under one cover. It providestelecommunications design engineers, service providers, andreliability and software engineers everything needed to understandand analyze digital switches: full coverage of all digital switchingsystem fundamentals and architectural issues; advanced markov modelsand the use of sensitivity analysis to help assess digital switchingsystem reliability; state-of-the-art analysis of telephony trafficsignal transfer points (STPs); detailed description of digitalswitching system software and quality analysis techniques; digitalswitching system maintenance, and analysis of networked switchingsystems. In addition, the book develops a generic digital switchingsystem model that enables even the most inexperiencedtelecommunications engineers to quickly comprehend the basicarchitecture and functionality of digital switching systems.