Intelligent Communication Systems: Toward Constructing Human Friendly Communication Environment > 통신시스템

Preface ix
Author\'s Note xiii
1 Information Technology 1
1.1 Information Technology Concept 2
1.2 Intelligent Network Concept 5
2 Comunication Fundamentals 7
2.1 Connection-type Communication and Connectionless-type Communication 7
2.2 Numbering Plan 10
2.3 Protocol 10
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
8 Intelligent Communication Systems 79
8.1 Concept of Intelligent Communication Systems 80
8.2 Functions of the Intelligent Processing Layer 80
8.3 Structure of the Knowledge-Base System 81
9 Design Methodology for Telecommunication Service 85
9.1 State-of-the-Art Design Methodology 85
9.2 Definitions 88
9.3 Graph Theory 89
9.4 Example Description of Telecommunication Services 92
9.5 Conflicts Among Telecommunication Services 95
9.6 Conflict of Charge Policy 97
9.7 High-Level Description of Telecommunication Services 98
9.8 Requirement Specification 101
10 Basic Technology of the Intelligent Communication System 103
10.1 Application of Production Rules to Telecommunications 104
10.2 Description of Telecommunication Services in a Semantic Network 108
10.3 Symbolic Logic 110
10.4 Predicate Logic 114
11 Telesensation 127
11.1 Virtual Reality Concept 127
11.2 History of Virtual Reality 129
11.3 Virtual Object Handling 130
11.4 Examples of Virtual Reality 130
11.5 Applications of Virtual Reality 131
11.6 Telesensation 132
11.7 Types of Telesensation 132
11.8 HyperReality 136
11.9 Possible Applications of HyperReality 139
11.10 Technologies for Establishing HyperReality 148
12 Computer Vision 149
12.1 Definitions 149
12.2 Image Display 151
12.3 Image Transformation 155
12.4 Image Recognition for Telesensation 164
12.5 Application of Telesensation 177
13 Concluding Remarks 181
13.1 The Age of the Five Senses 181
13.2 The Age of Personalization 183
13.3 Impact of the Intelligent Communication System on Industry 184
13.4 Impact of the Intelligent Communication System on Society 187
13.5 Multimedia-Based Society in the 21st Century 188
13.6 Bridging the Gaps Between the Haves and the Have-Nots 190
13.7 Light and Shadow of Multimedia-Based Society 191
References 193
Index 197