TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ali,Syed Riffat
TI  - Digital switching systems: system reliability and analysis 
SN  - 0070010692
U1  - 621.387 22
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Telephone switching systems, Electronic
KW  - Reliability
KW  - Digital telephone systems
KW  - System analysis
N1  - CONTENT

Chapter 1; Switching system fundamentals
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Digital switching system analysis
1.3 Switching system hierarchy
1.4 Evolution of digital switching systems
1.5 Summary

Chapter 2 :Communications and control
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Switching communication and control
2.3 Switching fabric
2.4 Programmable Junctors
2.5 Network redundancy

Chapter 3; Reliability Modeling
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Scope
3.3 Downtimes in digital switching systems
3.4 Purpose of reliability assessment techniques
3.5 Failure models
etc.

Chapter 4: Switching system reliability analysis
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Scope
4.3 Central processor community
4.4 Clock subsystem
4.5 Network controller subsystem
etc.

Chapter 5: Switching system software
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Scope
5.3 Basic software architecture
5.4 Call models
5.5 Software linkages during a call

Chapter 6 :Quality analysis of switching system software
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Scope
6.3 Life cycle of switching system software
6.4 Software development
6.5 A methodology for assessing quality of
6.6 Overall scoring
6.7 Two important software assessment models

Chapter 7: Maintenance of digital switching systems
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Scope
7.3 Software maintenance
7.4 Interfaces of a typical switching system
7.5 System outage and its impact on digital
etc.

Chapter 8: Analysis of networked switching systems
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Scope
8.3 Dependence of new technologies on digital switching systems
8.4 Summary

Chapter 9: A generic digital switching system model
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Scope
9.3 Hardware architecture
9.4 Software architecture
9.5 Recovery strategy
etc.

Chapter 10 :Major switching systems in the North American Network
10.1 Purpose
10.2 Summary
; Includes bibliographical references and index
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