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Deregulation and the recent advances in telecommunications technologies have significantly reduced the cost of transmission facilities. This reduction has made it attractive for corporation and government agencies to develop their own private line transmission networks. Previously, they would lease the particular transmission facility they required. If voice service were required, they would lease voice grade lines in the required quantities. If a 56 kbps line were needed, they would lease a 56 kbps line. With the emergence of low-cost transmission facilities and smart multiplexers, companies have found it economical to develop their transmission networks, manage the bandwidth and consolidate all their telecommunication requirements onto a single network which they manage and control. In this paper, we present a methodology we have used in designing these private line transmission networks.
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Mr. Garland is currently employed by PacTel, San Francisco, California.
Dr. Stanfel is a professor in the Department of Management Science and Statistics at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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Fischer, M.J., Swinsky, G.W., Garland, D.P. et al. A methodology for designing large private line transmission networks with multiple facilities. Telecommunication Systems 1, 243–261 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02136163
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