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Agilent Technologies	NEW UMTS Network and Service Assurance	133k
Cisco Systems	NEW Towards a Service-Driven Metro Network—A Service Providers Guide for Enabling Metro Business Services	162k
Amphenol	NEW Practical Guidelines for the Implementation of Back Drilling Plated Through Hole Vias in Multi-gigabit Board Applications	355k
Glenayre	NEW Next-Generation Communications Environments: Guiding Principles for Legacy Replacement	754k
TeleCommunication Systems	NEW Its All About Location: A Location Technology Tutorial	142k
TeleCommunication Systems	NEW Is VoIP WIthout E9-1-1 Worth the Risk? : Challenges, Approaches, and Recommendations for VoIP Service Providers.	300k
	NEW Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)	67k
Texas Instruments	NEW Including VoIP over WLAN in a Seamless Next-Generation Wireless Environment	396k
	NEW EAP Methods for 802.11 Wireless LAN Security	215k
Solid	NEW Building Carrier Grade Applications Using a Highly Available Database Management System	126k
Solid	NEW Autonomic Data Management for the Radio Network Controller	52k
Corning	Updated FTTH Explained: Delivering Efficient Customer Bandwidth and Enhanced Services	231k
Corning	Updated Fiber-Optic Technology	253k
Sevis	Updated Access Mediation: Preserving Network Security and Integrity	48k
	ZLE Solutions in Telecommunications	89k
TeleCommunication Systems	Wireless Short Message Service (SMS)	100k
	Wireless Local Loop (WLL)	110k
	Wireless Internet Network Communications Architecture	297k
	Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN)	94k
	Wireless Broadband Modems	143k
	Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)	269k
	Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W–CDMA)	81k
	Web Hosting	89k
DSL Forum	Voice-over–Digital Subscriber Line (VoDSL) Service—New Revenue from Existing Infrastructure	98k
	Voice-Data Consolidation	68k
	Voice Telephony over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (VToA)	108k
	Voice Quality (VQ) in Converging Telephony and Internet Protocol (IP) Networks	165k
	Voice Portal Solutions: An Introduction to Next-Generation Network Services; The Next Big Opportunity on the Web	214k
	Voice over Internet Protocol	146k
	Voice over Digital Subscriber Line (VoDSL)	121k
	Voice over Cable (VoCable)	96k
Texas Instruments	Voice and Fax over Internet Protocol (V/FoIP)	164k
	Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)	78k
	Very-High-Data-Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)	111k
	Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Protocols and Protocol Testing	349k
	Unified Communications	342k
Cisco Systems	Understanding Packet Voice Protocols	122k
Agilent Technologies	Triggering a Logic Analyzer on Complex Computer Buses	99k
DesignCon	Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (TTCN)	198k
	Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)	78k
	Testing Quality of Service (QoS) at the Point of PSTN and Voice-over–Packet (VoP) Convergence, Focusing on Media Gateway Performance	354k
	Testing in the Unbundled Loop	149k
	Testing Digital Video	214k
	Telephony Billing	84k
	Telecommunications Management Network (TMN)	102k
	Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Transmission	196k
	Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)	511k
	Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)	254k
	Structured Cabling System (SCS)	133k
	Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)	174k
	SS7 over IP Signaling Transport & SCTP	338k
	Speech-Enabled Interactive Voice Response Systems	120k
International Engineering Consortium	Spectral Compatibility of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Systems	346k
DesignCon	Specification and Description Language (SDL)	120k
International Engineering Consortium	Smart Cards in Wireless Services	121k
ArrayComm	Smart Antenna Systems	215k
	Simplifying Service Delivery: A View from the Optical Service Edge	164k
	Simplifying Global Internetworking: The Economics of a Phased Approach Toward True Voice and Data Convergence	231k
	Signaling System 7 (SS7) Gateway Solution for Internet Access	85k
	Signaling System 7 (SS7)	154k
Amphenol	Signal Integrity—Multi-Gigabit Transmission over Backplane Systems	757k
	Shared Loops: How Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) Can Deliver Competitive Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) Applications	73k
	Service-Level Management	84k
Cisco Systems	Resilient Packet Ring Networks	116k
	Residential Internet-Ready Buildings (IRBs)	244k
	Real-Time Billing for Internet Protocol (IP) Services	58k
	Raman Amplification Design in Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Systems	238k
	Programmable Switching	311k
	Prepaid Wireless Service Billed in Real Time	457k
	Prepaid Services	81k
	Polarization Mode Dispersion	247k
	Point-to-Point or Mesh Topologies in the Metro Optical Network	113k
	Physical Layer Copper Cross-Connects	84k
International Engineering Consortium	Personal Communications Service (PCS)	310k
	Performance Management for Next-Generation Networks	64k
	Optical Switches: Making Optical Networks a Brilliant Reality	264k
Alcatel	Optical Networks	246k
	Optical Metro Edge	110k
	Optical Ethernet	599k
	Optical Add/Drop Switches	106k
	Optical Access	184k
Agilent Technologies	Operations Support Systems (OSSs)	157k
	OFDM for Mobile Data Communications	402k
	Number Portability: Ensuring Convenience and Fostering Competition in Telecommunications	280k
	Nonvoice Calls and Line Testing	587k
	Next-Generation Networks	234k
	New Information Industry	256k
	Network Computer-Telephony Integration (CTI) Delivering Intelligent Network (IN) Services	120k
	The Need to Automate and Integrate Delivery and Assurance across Today’s Networks and Services	284k
Intel	Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)	164k
	Multiple Tenant Unit (MTU) Market Opportunity	210k
International Engineering Consortium	Multimedia Broadcasting via Satellite	90k
	Multifunction, Multiservice Access Platforms	223k
	Message-Based Signaling in a Voice-over-Broadband Network	112k
	Managing the Copper Loop in the 21st Century	379k
	Managing Communications Companies on a Low-Cost and Flexible Infrastructure in an Internet Environment	100k
	Managed Multiservice Solutions	110k
	Low-Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS)	138k
	Local-Exchange Softswitch System: Softswitch and Packet Voice	210k
International Engineering Consortium	Local Multipoint Distribution System (LMDS)	150k
	Light without Limits: Taming Dispersion in Tomorrows High-Speed Networks	185k
	Introduction to Optical Transmission in a Communications Network	206k
	Intranets and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)	170k
	Intranet Business Applications	278k
	Interworking Switched Circuit and Voice-over–IP Networks	111k
	Internet Security	82k
	Internet Protocol (IP)–Telephony Clearinghouses	125k
International Engineering Consortium	Internet Protocol (IP) Internetworking Transport	139k
	Internet Model for Control of Converged Networks	69k
International Engineering Consortium	Internet Consumer Customer Care	180k
	Internet Access	178k
	International Intelligent Network (IN)	127k
	Intelligent Network (IN) Service Creation	85k
	Intelligent Network (IN)	308k
	Instant Messaging	56k
	In-Memory Databases for Voice and Data Networks	147k
	Improving Network Performance through Enterprise Caching	92k
	Hybrid/Fiber Coax (HFC) and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Networks	365k
	The Human-Machine Interface (HMI)	125k
International Engineering Consortium	Home Networking	157k
DesignCon	Highly Available Embedded Computer Platforms Become Reality	479k
	High-Availability Considerations for Softswitch-Based Networks	89k
Intel	H.323	147k
	The Globalization of Interconnection	140k
	Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)	175k
	Getting Ready for Wireless Number Portability: Operations and Interconnection Considerations	287k
International Engineering Consortium	Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS)	333k
	Gatekeeper	98k
International Engineering Consortium	Fundamentals of Telecommunications	179k
	Full-Service Network (FSN)	123k
	Fraud Analysis in IP and Next-Generation Networks	97k
	Fax Technology and Testing Issues	167k
	Extending Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) Services to Remote Digital Loop Carrier (DLC) Locations	126k
	The Evolution of the Remote Access Server (RAS) to a Universal Port-Enabled Platform	146k
	The Evolution of Broadband	311k
	Ethernet Passive Optical Networks	316k
	Enhanced Services Messaging	124k
	Emerging Multiservice Network Architecture	137k
	Element Management Systems (EMSs)	459k
	Electronic Commerce	135k
	Echo Cancellation	112k
	Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode (DTM) Fundamentals and Network Solutions	166k
Cisco Systems	Driving Optical Network Evolution	166k
	Distributed Network Intelligence	652k
	The Direction of the Optical-Networking Market	89k
	Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM)	100k
	Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Testing	91k
	Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and the Evolution of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Networks	410k
	Digital Loop Carrier (DLC)	155k
	Desktop Streaming Media Production	78k
DesignCon	Design Considerations for Gigabit Backplane Systems	1.05M
	Deployment of Telecommunications Networks	146k
	Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Performance and Conformance Testing	105k
International Engineering Consortium	Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)	119k
	Delivering Technology Solutions for Broadband Communications	225k
	Customer-Aware Service Management for Telecom and Data Service Providers	74k
	Customer Care	104k
Mentor Graphics	Creating Safe State Machines	49k
	Copper Loop Management in a Digital Environment: Migration from an Analog to a Digital Local-Loop Network	117k
	Convergence Switching and the Next-Generation Carrier	162k
	Competitive Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Wide-Area Network (WAN) Access Using Signaling System 7 (SS7)	107k
	A Comparison of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic-Engineering Initiatives	122k
	CompactPCI: A Solution for the Next Generation of Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)	109k
	CompactPCI	122k
	The Coming of True Convergence: Why Service Providers Can Finally Turn Out the Lights on the Old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)	65k
International Engineering Consortium	Cellular Communications	159k
	Carrier-Grade, High-Availability Computing Platforms for Voice and Data Networks	96k
	Carrier-Class, High Density Voice over Packet (VoP) Gateways	134k
	Carrier Service-Level Agreements (SLAs)	172k
	Cable Modems	125k
	Business Process Revolution	116k
	Business Intelligence for the Telecommunications Industry	114k
Nokia	Broadband Media Services	159k
	Broadband Loop Carrier : Enabling Video in a Triple-Play Architecture	119k
	Billing in a 3G Environment	86k
	The Benefits of a Conversational Voice User Interface in a Voice Portal	206k
International Engineering Consortium	Basics of Dual-Polarized Antennas	107k
	Automating Distribution Frames	79k
	Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Testing	193k
	Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Passive Optical Networks (PONs)	126k
	Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Fundamentals	208k
	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)	112k
	Application Services Framework	304k
	Advancing the All-Packet Network	196k
	Advanced Management and Provisioning of Next-Generation Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Services	123k
	Access Gateways
	Accelerating the Deployment of Voice over IP (VoIP) and Voice over ATM (VoATM)	169k