A historical perspective on telecommunications network synchronization

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 158-166

  Bregni, Stefano ^a  

^a Cefriel   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; FORECASTING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; SWITCHING; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 0032099644     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.685385     Document Type: Article

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