The coming of ISDN

✍ Scribed by Andrew J. Kennedy; David (Chi-Chung) Yen

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 955 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-7206
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-7206(89)90030-x

✦ Synopsis

Integrated Services Digital Network. or ISDN, is the latest catch phrase in the field of telecommunications. Much effort has been put into establishing a standard for this new technology, but still more remains before the dream of a seamless communications network will be realized. This paper discusses the process taking place and the problems that this new technology faces. First, an overview of ISDN technology is given: its development, concepts,