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International Engineering Consortium	NEW What is IPTV and Why All the Fuss	367k
PeerApp	NEW Comparing P2P Solutions	44k
Solace Systems	NEW The Evolution of Networks beyond IP	72k
	NEW EAP Methods for 802.11 Wireless LAN Security	211k
	NEW Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)	66k
Sevis	UPDATED Access Mediation: Preserving Network Security and Integrity	47k
Corning	UPDATED Fiber-Optic Technology	247k
Corning	UPDATED FTTH Explained: Delivering Efficient Customer Bandwidth and Enhanced Services	226k
	A Comparison of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic-Engineering Initiatives	119k
	Accelerating the Deployment of Voice over IP (VoIP) and Voice over ATM (VoATM)	166k
	Advanced Management and Provisioning of Next-Generation Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Services	121k
	Advancing the All-Packet Network	191k
	Application Services Framework	297k
	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)	110k
	Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Fundamentals	204k
	Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Passive Optical Networks (PONs)	123k
	Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Testing	189k
	Automating Distribution Frames	78k
Solid	Autonomic Data Management for the Radio Network Controller	51k
International Engineering Consortium	Basics of Dual-Polarized Antennas	105k
	Billing in a 3G Environment	85k
	Broadband Loop Carrier : Enabling Video in a Triple-Play Architecture	117k
Nokia Siemens Networks	Broadband Media Services	155k
Solid	Building Carrier Grade Applications Using a Highly Available Database Management System	123k
	Business Intelligence for the Telecommunications Industry	112k
	Business Process Revolution	113k
	Cable Modems	123k
	Carrier Service-Level Agreements (SLAs)	168k
	Carrier-Class, High Density Voice over Packet (VoP) Gateways	131k
	Carrier-Grade, High-Availability Computing Platforms for Voice and Data Networks	94k
International Engineering Consortium	Cellular Communications	156k
	CompactPCI	120k
	CompactPCI: A Solution for the Next Generation of Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)	107k
	Competitive Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Wide-Area Network (WAN) Access Using Signaling System 7 (SS7)	105k
	Convergence Switching and the Next-Generation Carrier	159k
	Copper Loop Management in a Digital Environment: Migration from an Analog to a Digital Local-Loop Network	115k
Mentor Graphics	Creating Safe State Machines	48k
	Customer Care	102k
	Customer-Aware Service Management for Telecom and Data Service Providers	73k
	Delivering Technology Solutions for Broadband Communications	221k
International Engineering Consortium	Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)	116k
	Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Performance and Conformance Testing	103k
	Deployment of Telecommunications Networks	144k
DesignCon	Design Considerations for Gigabit Backplane Systems	1MB
	Desktop Streaming Media Production	77k
	Digital Loop Carrier (DLC)	152k
	Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and the Evolution of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Networks	401k
	Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Testing	90k
	Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM)	98k
	Distributed Network Intelligence	637k
Cisco Systems	Driving Optical Network Evolution	162k
	Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode (DTM) Fundamentals and Network Solutions	163k
	Echo Cancellation	109k
	Electronic Commerce	132k
	Element Management Systems (EMSs)	448k
	Emerging Multiservice Network Architecture	134k
	Enhanced Services Messaging	121k
	Ethernet Passive Optical Networks	309k
	Extending Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) Services to Remote Digital Loop Carrier (DLC) Locations	124k
	Fax Technology and Testing Issues	164k
	Fraud Analysis in IP and Next-Generation Networks	95k
	Full-Service Network (FSN)	121k
International Engineering Consortium	Fundamentals of Telecommunications	175k
	Gatekeeper	97k
International Engineering Consortium	Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS)	325k
	Getting Ready for Wireless Number Portability: Operations and Interconnection Considerations	281k
	Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)	172k
Intel	H.323	144k
	High-Availability Considerations for Softswitch-Based Networks	88k
DesignCon	Highly Available Embedded Computer Platforms Become Reality	469k
International Engineering Consortium	Home Networking	154k
	Hybrid/Fiber Coax (HFC) and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Networks	357k
	Improving Network Performance through Enterprise Caching	90k
	In-Memory Databases for Voice and Data Networks	144k
Texas Instruments	Including VoIP over WLAN in a Seamless Next-Generation Wireless Environment	388k
	Instant Messaging	55k
	Intelligent Network (IN)	301k
	Intelligent Network (IN) Service Creation	84k
	International Intelligent Network (IN)	125k
	Internet Access	174k
International Engineering Consortium	Internet Consumer Customer Care	176k
	Internet Model for Control of Converged Networks	68k
International Engineering Consortium	Internet Protocol (IP) Internetworking Transport	136k
	Internet Protocol (IP)–Telephony Clearinghouses	123k
	Internet Security	81k
	Interworking Switched Circuit and Voice-over–IP Networks	109k
	Intranet Business Applications	272k
	Intranets and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)	167k
	Introduction to Optical Transmission in a Communications Network	201k
TeleCommunication Systems	Is VoIP WIthout E9-1-1 Worth the Risk? : Challenges, Approaches, and Recommendations for VoIP Service Providers.	294k
TeleCommunication Systems	Its All About Location: A Location Technology Tutorial	139k
	Light without Limits: Taming Dispersion in Tomorrows High-Speed Networks	181k
International Engineering Consortium	Local Multipoint Distribution System (LMDS)	147k
	Local-Exchange Softswitch System: Softswitch and Packet Voice	205k
	Low-Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS)	136k
	Managed Multiservice Solutions	108k
	Managing Communications Companies on a Low-Cost and Flexible Infrastructure in an Internet Environment	98k
	Managing the Copper Loop in the 21st Century	371k
	Message-Based Signaling in a Voice-over-Broadband Network	109k
	Multifunction, Multiservice Access Platforms	218k
International Engineering Consortium	Multimedia Broadcasting via Satellite	88k
	Multiple Tenant Unit (MTU) Market Opportunity	205k
Intel	Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)	161k
	Network Computer-Telephony Integration (CTI) Delivering Intelligent Network (IN) Services	117k
	New Information Industry	250k
Glenayre	Next-Generation Communications Environments: Guiding Principles for Legacy Replacement	737k
	Next-Generation Networks	229k
	Nonvoice Calls and Line Testing	573k
	Number Portability: Ensuring Convenience and Fostering Competition in Telecommunications	274k
	OFDM for Mobile Data Communications	509k
Agilent Technologies	Operations Support Systems (OSSs)	153k
	Optical Access	180k
	Optical Add/Drop Switches	104k
	Optical Ethernet	586k
	Optical Metro Edge	108k
Alcatel	Optical Networks	240k
	Optical Switches: Making Optical Networks a Brilliant Reality	258k
	Performance Management for Next-Generation Networks	63k
International Engineering Consortium	Personal Communications Service (PCS)	303k
	Physical Layer Copper Cross-Connects	82k
	Point-to-Point or Mesh Topologies in the Metro Optical Network	111k
	Polarization Mode Dispersion	242k
Amphenol	Practical Guidelines for the Implementation of Back Drilling Plated Through Hole Vias in Multi-gigabit Board Applications	347k
	Prepaid Services	79k
	Prepaid Wireless Service Billed in Real Time	447k
	Programmable Switching	305k
	Raman Amplification Design in Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Systems	233k
	Real-Time Billing for Internet Protocol (IP) Services	57k
	Residential Internet-Ready Buildings (IRBs)	239k
Cisco Systems	Resilient Packet Ring Networks	114k
	Service-Level Management	83k
	Shared Loops: How Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) Can Deliver Competitive Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) Applications	71k
Amphenol	Signal Integrity—Multi-Gigabit Transmission over Backplane Systems	740k
	Signaling System 7 (SS7)	151k
	Signaling System 7 (SS7) Gateway Solution for Internet Access	83k
	Simplifying Global Internetworking: The Economics of a Phased Approach Toward True Voice and Data Convergence	226k
	Simplifying Service Delivery: A View from the Optical Service Edge	161k
ArrayComm	Smart Antenna Systems	211k
International Engineering Consortium	Smart Cards in Wireless Services	119k
DesignCon	Specification and Description Language (SDL)	118k
International Engineering Consortium	Spectral Compatibility of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Systems	338k
	Speech-Enabled Interactive Voice Response Systems	117k
	SS7 over IP Signaling Transport & SCTP	331k
	Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)	171k
	Structured Cabling System (SCS)	130k
	Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)	249k
	Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)	499k
	Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Transmission	192k
	Telecommunications Management Network (TMN)	100k
	Telephony Billing	82k
	Testing Digital Video	210k
	Testing in the Unbundled Loop	146k
	Testing Quality of Service (QoS) at the Point of PSTN and Voice-over–Packet (VoP) Convergence, Focusing on Media Gateway Performance	346k
	The Benefits of a Conversational Voice User Interface in a Voice Portal	202k
	The Coming of True Convergence: Why Service Providers Can Finally Turn Out the Lights on the Old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)	64k
	The Direction of the Optical-Networking Market	87k
	The Evolution of Broadband	304k
	The Evolution of the Remote Access Server (RAS) to a Universal Port-Enabled Platform	143k
	The Globalization of Interconnection	137k
	The Human-Machine Interface (HMI)	122k
	The Need to Automate and Integrate Delivery and Assurance across Today’s Networks and Services	278k
	Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)	76k
Cisco Systems	Towards a Service-Driven Metro Network—A Service Providers Guide for Enabling Metro Business Services	159k
DesignCon	Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (TTCN)	193k
Agilent Technologies	Triggering a Logic Analyzer on Complex Computer Buses	97k
Agilent Technologies	UMTS Network and Service Assurance	130k
Cisco Systems	Understanding Packet Voice Protocols	120k
	Unified Communications	335k
	Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Protocols and Protocol Testing	341k
	Very-High-Data-Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)	109k
	Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)	76k
Texas Instruments	Voice and Fax over Internet Protocol (V/FoIP)	161k
	Voice over Cable (VoCable)	94k
	Voice over Digital Subscriber Line (VoDSL)	119k
	Voice over Internet Protocol	143k
	Voice Portal Solutions: An Introduction to Next-Generation Network Services; The Next Big Opportunity on the Web	210k
	Voice Quality (VQ) in Converging Telephony and Internet Protocol (IP) Networks	162k
	Voice Telephony over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (VToA)	106k
	Voice-Data Consolidation	67k
DSL Forum	Voice-over–Digital Subscriber Line (VoDSL) Service—New Revenue from Existing Infrastructure	96k
	Web Hosting	88k
	Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W–CDMA)	79k
	Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)	263k
	Wireless Broadband Modems	140k
	Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN)	92k
	Wireless Internet Network Communications Architecture	291k
	Wireless Local Loop (WLL)	108k
TeleCommunication Systems	Wireless Short Message Service (SMS)	98k
	ZLE Solutions in Telecommunications	88k