Communications reliability: a historical perspective
Malec, H.A.
3Com Corp., Mount Prospect, IL;
This paper appears in: Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publication Date: Sep 1998
Volume: 47,
Issue: 3, Part 2
On page(s): SP333-SP345
ISSN: 0018-9529
References Cited: 68
CODEN: IERQAD
INSPEC Accession Number: 6157965
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/24.740549
Current Version Published: 2002-08-06
Abstract
This paper traces the development of communication reliability
from the early days of microwave transmission through the present day of
the Internet and World Wide Web. It discusses the notable contributions
by the telephone service providers to supply essentially continuous
service. The communication industry has evolved to having individual
hardware, software and system providers forming consortiums to supply
high availability combined voice, data and media communication. A
growing concern in 1998 is that the, “worldwide communication
industry is rampaging ahead and metamorphosing so rapidly as to defy
comprehension” (Reizeman 1998)
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