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Networks of Switching Systems

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Book cover Fundamentals of Digital Switching

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The three major elements in multiuser telecommunication networks are the station or terminal equipment, the transmission media and repeaters, and the centralized or distributed switching entities, including the signaling required for them to function.

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Joel, A.E. (1990). Networks of Switching Systems. In: McDonald, J.C. (eds) Fundamentals of Digital Switching. Applications of Communications Theory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9880-6_1

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