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Satellite links
PSTN: Public Switched Submarine
cables
Telephone Network International gateway
exchange (Centre de Transit 3)
International
History: From American Bell network
Local
Service availability, exchanges
2005 Student: Jijun Lin, Daniel Livengood, Chintan Vaishnav, Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
PSTN Architecture Overview (2)
Switching Hierarchy
RC ES ES RC Class 1 Offices
Regional Center
VNL Trunk Circuit 0.5 to 1.5dB
Sectional Center Class 2 Offices
SC SC
TC TC Class 4 Offices
EO EO Class 5 Offices
Junction Circuit
Final Route
High Usage
Junction Circuit Junction Circuit Route
T
REGIONAL CENTERS
Figure by MIT OCW.
Figure by MIT OCW.
2005 Student: Jijun Lin, Daniel Livengood, Chintan Vaishnav, Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4
Historical Connection Plans
Connection plan to help decrease the Class 1
geodesic length in 1930 V (notice the Regional Center
motifs) and 1950 -->
Class 2
Sectional Center
National
Class 3
Primary Center
Class 4
Local Toll Center
Class 5
End Office
2005 Student: Jijun Lin, Daniel Livengood, Chintan Vaishnav, Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5
Questions and Supporting Data
Predicting/Explaining Structure
Which algorithms does the analysis of the actual structure
substantiate?
Data available: Switching Centers, Links in between, bandwidths
Predicting/Explaining Properties
What are the properties of the structure as a result of adding
availability?
Data available: 911-Tandem Links, Diverse Routing, Location
Routing Numbers
Observing systems
What motifs do we see?
Data available: Hierarchical view constructed from the data
Sources
Telcordia LERG Database, Quest Current Access Line Counts Database,
Bellcores BOC Notes on intraLATA Network
2005 Student: Jijun Lin, Daniel Livengood, Chintan Vaishnav, Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6