• DocumentCode
    1481593
  • Title

    Beginnings of switching theory in the United States

  • Author

    Wilkinson, R. I.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, N. Y.
  • Volume
    75
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1956
  • Firstpage
    796
  • Lastpage
    802
  • Abstract
    A brief history of the development of telephone switching in the United States, starting from 21 to the present-day 60 million telephone subscribers, is presented. Application of traffic probability theory was first applied in the telephone traffic engineering field, as described.
  • Keywords
    Cities and towns; Companies; Delay; Electrical engineering; Switches; Switching systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1956.6442128
  • Filename
    6442128
    • Link To Document
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