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For decades, traditional telecommunication systems have reliably delivered telephony services using expensive equipment and software. In spite of large R&D expenses, the end customer costs remained low due to the amortization of the equipment over a large population of users. With the advent of low cost and high performance computers, it has become conceivable to deliver similar and more powerful services using systems constructed with off-the-shelf components. The only obstacle remaining to make this a reality is the ability of system designers to provide rationable dependability of such systems. This paper illustrates one possible avenue for performing this task and identifies a condition that is necessary for the deployment of such systems, namely the components must in turn provide measures of survivability.
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Levendel, Y. Delivering Dependable Telecommunication Services Using Off-the-Shelf System Components. Journal of Electronic Testing 12, 153–159 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008250310670
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