Received: by bu-cs.BU.EDU (5.58/4.7) id AA06970; Sat, 7 Jan 89 16:51:55 EST Message-Id: <8901072151.AA06970@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 89 16:20:58 EST From: The Moderator Reply-To: TELECOM@bu-cs.BU.EDU Subject: TELECOM Digest V9 #6 To: TELECOM@bu-cs.bu.edu TELECOM Digest Sat, 7 Jan 89 16:20:58 EST Volume 9 : Issue 6 Today's Topics: Special Issue - IEEE Network Magazine - Provisioning Will my Sony IT-a600 work in oz? Switched56 DSU Video Phones ATT Merlin II System Area code and NNX pairs? Re: Switched 56k information 377 prefix in Raphine, Va. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: hou2d!krsm@clyde.att.com To: comp-dcom-telecom@clyde Subject: Special Issue - IEEE Network Magazine - Provisioning Date: 6 Jan 89 05:58:45 GMT A special issue of IEEE NETWORK MAGAZINE on PROVISIONING FOR THE FUTURE NETWORK is planned for January 1990. Provisioning refers to the process of providing network services to the users, as well as providing resources to the network. Provisioning acvities, which account for a large portion of the cost of network operation, are responsible for managing the selection of network resources to provide the capabilities and performance required by the users of information networks in a timely and cost-effective way. They involve the design and deployment of network resources and the specification of their interconnections to meet the users' need for data, voice, and other communication services and applications. The ability to provision new services and evolving technologies in a unified way is a major driving force in the evolution of information networks. The planned special issue is intended to provide increased awareness of significant recent advances in automated provisioning methods for large, complex multiservice networks. The provisioning methods and tools must take advantage of various technological disciplines to maintain a competitive edge for the network/service provider, and to provide increased customer control of the information network. The special issue will focus on provisioning of intelligent and diverse networks, particularly as applied to integrated services communications. The objective is to address the research and development in provisioning systems, services, procedures and applications, with attention given to trials and experiences, and new directions. The special issue will include tutorials, technicals as well as state-of-the-art articles, and practical examples. Schedule: Complete manuscript due: April 30, 1989 Acceptance notification: July 30, 1989 Final paper due: October 1, 1989 Papers should be limited to twenty double-spaced typewritten pages including figures. A title page should contain the author(s)' name(s), affiliation, complete address, telephone and telefax numbers, and a 200-word abstract. Six copies in English should be sent to one of the guest editors listed below. All papers will be reviewed for technical content and depth, quality, relevance, and originality. GUEST EDITORS Manu Malek Shervin Erfani AT&T Bell Laboratories, Rm. 2C-218 AT&T Bell Laboratories, Rm. 2C-205 480 Red Hill Road 480 Red Hill Road Middletown, NJ 07748 Middletown, NJ 07748 (201) 615-4480 (201) 615-5192 hou2d!speedy!mm@att.att.com hou2d!speedy!sie@att.att.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Jan 89 00:40:09 EST From: henry@GARP.MIT.EDU (Henry Mensch) To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu Subject: Will my Sony IT-a600 work in Oz? i have reason to believe i may spend some time down under soon, and i'd (naturally) like to take my favorite phone/dialer/ansaphone. of course, i have no clue as to whether or not it is legal to connect devices to the australian phone network, and (if so), whether us-type phones will work. please send your clues, etc., to: -- # Henry Mensch / / E40-379 MIT, Cambridge, MA # {decvax,harvard,mit-eddie}!garp!henry / ------------------------------ From: erc3bc!netnews@clyde.att.com To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu Subject: Switched56 DSU Date: 6 Jan 89 13:47:30 GMT In article you write: >*** How do you send the destination telephone number from >*** the host to the switched-DSU, and from the DSU to the >*** CO? >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- Brian Jay Gould :: INTERNET gould@jvnca.csc.org BITNET gould@jvncc - >- UUCP rutgers!njin!gould Telephone (201) 329-9616 - >------------------------------------------------------------------------s Which switched56-DSU are you using? I know that in most cases one may write a script to do the dialing from the attached host. In addition, I've heard that there are DSUs that do the pulse dialing automatically. I believe that one of these DSUs is from General Datacomm - sorry, I've never used it and I may ask someone to get the model number if you need it) -tmk ARPA: bentley!tmk@att.ARPA UUCP: tmk@bentley.UUCP ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Jan 89 15:26:23 GMT From: Mad Nige To: Telecom Digest Subject: Video Phones In the December issue of Gentlemen's Quarterly, (the US edition) there is and ad from Panasonic for a few of their pieces of gear. The one that struck me as most interesting was the Video Phone, which according to the blurb transmits a still picture every 6.5 seconds. To the best of my knowledge, things like that are not available here in the UK. Can anyone give an outline of how it works? Nigel Whitfield. ------------------------------ Date: 6 JAN 89 10:43- From: CERACC%RITVAX.BITNET@CORNELLC.ccs.cornell.edu To: TELECOM@bu-cs.bu.edu Subject: ATT Merlin II System Greetings, Can anyone who has experience or knowledge about AT&T's Merlin II Telephone System? I am investigating the possibility of this system but would like information from you, if possible. Upon request, I will summarize for the digest. Thank you! Curtis Reid CERACC%RITVAX.Bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Internet) CERACC@RITVAX.Bitnet (Bitnet) ------------------------------ To: comp-dcom-telecom@ames.arc.nasa.gov From: shaver@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Dave Shaver) Subject: Area code and NNX pairs? Date: 6 Jan 89 23:23:25 GMT This maybe a silly question, but here goes anyway: I'm looking for Area Code/NNX pairs. BSD UNIX(tm) (probably other versions, too) comes with an Area Codes database as part of the quiz(6) program. I use the csh alias: alias whereac "grep To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu Subject: 377 prefix in Raphine, Va. Was the subject prefix (377 in Raphine, Va.) moved from 804 back to 703? The geographic area involved hits U.S. 11 and I-81 between Staunton and Lexington. I have some notes showing it in 804, but I used a phone in that area very recently and I am sure it was in 703. ------------------------------ End of TELECOM Digest *********************