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Vi INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
3 Communication Network Structure 13

3.1 Telephone Network Architecture 13
3.2 Computer Network Architecture 14
3.3 Internet Network Architecture 20

4 Advances in Communication Networks 23

4.1 Integrated Services Digital Network 24
4.2 N-ISDN 24
4.3 B-ISDN 25
4.4 Asynchronous Transfer Mode 26

5 A Variety of Telecommunication Systems 37

5.1 Computer Sharing 37
5.2 Facsimile Communication System 38
5.3 Videotex Communication System 38
5.4 Distance Education System 40

6 Information Superhighways 45

6.1 The Gigabit Network Test Bed Project 46
6.2 Super-High-Speed Backbone Network Project 47
6.3 Internet 2 and the Next-Generation Internet 48
6.4 Global Information Infrastructure 48
6.5 Significance of Information Superhighways 49

7 Newly Developed Telecommunication Services 51

7.1 Toll-Free-Phone Service 52
7.2 Caller ID Service 52
7.3 Call Forwarding Service 53
7.4 Call Waiting Service 53
7.5 Mobile Communication Service 53
7.6 The Internet 56
7.7 Intranet 67
7.8 Continuous Acquisition and Lifelong Support 69
7.9 Electronic Money 74