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| Preface | |
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| Author's Note | |
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| Information Technology | |
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| Information Technology Concept | |
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| Intelligent Network Concept | |
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| Comunication Fundamentals | |
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| Connection-type Communication and Connectionless-type Communication | |
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| Numbering Plan | |
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| Protocol | |
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| Communication Network Structure | |
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| Telephone Network Architecture | |
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| Computer Network Architecture | |
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| Internet Network Architecture | |
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| Advances in Communication Networks | |
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| Integrated Services Digital Network | |
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| N-ISDN | |
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| B-ISDN | |
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| Asynchronous Transfer Mode | |
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| A Variety of Telecommunication Systems | |
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| Computer Sharing | |
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| Facsimile Communication System | |
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| Videotex Communication System | |
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| Distance Education System | |
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| Information Superhighways | |
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| The Gigabit Network Test Bed Project | |
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| Super-High-Speed Backbone Network Project | |
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| Internet 2 and the Next-Generation Internet | |
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| Global Information Infrastructure | |
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| Significance of Information Superhighways | |
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| Newly Developed Telecommunication Services | |
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| Toll-Free-Phone Service | |
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| Caller ID Service | |
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| Call Forwarding Service | |
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| Call Waiting Service | |
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| Mobile Communication Service | |
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| The Internet | |
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| Intranet | |
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| Continuous Acquisition and Lifelong Support | |
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| Electronic Money | |
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| Intelligent Communication Systems | |
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| Concept of Intelligent Communication Systems | |
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| Functions of the Intelligent Processing Layer | |
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| Structure of the Knowledge-Base System | |
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| Design Methodology for Telecommunication Service | |
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| State-of-the-Art Design Methodology | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Graph Theory | |
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| Example Description of Telecommunication Services | |
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| Conflicts Among Telecommunication Services | |
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| Conflict of Charge Policy | |
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| High-Level Description of Telecommunication Services | |
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| Requirement Specification | |
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| Basic Technology of the Intelligent Communication System | |
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| Application of Production Rules to Telecommunications | |
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| Description of Telecommunication Services in a Semantic Network | |
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| Symbolic Logic | |
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| Predicate Logic | |
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| Telesensation | |
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| Virtual Reality Concept | |
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| History of Virtual Reality | |
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| Virtual Object Handling | |
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| Examples of Virtual Reality | |
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| Applications of Virtual Reality | |
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| Telesensation | |
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| Types of Telesensation | |
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| HyperReality | |
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| Possible Applications of HyperReality | |
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| Technologies for Establishing HyperReality | |
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| Computer Vision | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Image Display | |
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| Image Transformation | |
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| Image Recognition for Telesensation | |
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| Application of Telesensation | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| The Age of the Five Senses | |
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| The Age of Personalization | |
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| Impact of the Intelligent Communication System on Industry | |
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| Impact of the Intelligent Communication System on Society | |
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| Multimedia-Based Society in the 21st Century | |
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| Bridging the Gaps Between the Haves and the Have-Nots | |
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| Light and Shadow of Multimedia-Based Society | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |