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Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND)
ASND 205.50-1.5%Dec 5 9:30 AM EST
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To: Dee Jay who wrote (1437)12/20/1996 2:25:00 PM
From: Phil Forbes   of 61433
 
I'll try. The impact that internet connections and the like have on telco switching system design cannot be looked at properly without looking at each major function or element of the switching system. The process of call switching, for example, is not advesely affected by the increased number of internet connections. However, it is impacted by incremental addition in call volume due to such connections, as more calls are being handled. I don't believe that the increase in the average call holding time (on the phone hours instead of minutes) impacts the switch processor (CPU). I haven't given much thought to how this all nets out on an actual system. The impact on the processor load is probably minimal.

The number of ports (the paths in and out of the system) on a telco switch, however, is greatly affected by both the number of calls being made, as well as the demand for new lines being terminated. A Poisson probability distributuion allows you to predict the amount of ports needed due to the increased usage.

In short, the most significant impact (and cost) on telco switching system design due to increased internet usage is the need for increased ports (what Ascend helps you do).

Regards,

Phil
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