TELECOM Digest     Wed, 14 Sep 94 13:31:30 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 364

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Symposium - Personal Communication Systems (Carl E. Krasnor)
    Jeffrey Smulyen to Chair U.S. Delegation to ITU Conference (Nigel Allen)
    Status of V5.1 V5.2 Development/Deployment (Larry Svec)
    Information Needed for Frame-Relay Device Driver (Pete Kruckenberg)
    Transatlantic Cellular (Raymond Okonski)
    Mixed Services, Same Premises (T. Stephen Eggleston)
    ICRC Bosnia Appeal (NetSurfer)
    Help Needed on Losing Telephone Connection (Peter Li)
    Book Review: "Netiquette" by Shea (Rob Slade)

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From: krasnor@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca (Carl E. Krasnor)
Subject: Symposium - Personal Communication Systems
Date: 13 Sep 1994 15:17:44 -0400
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada


PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (PCS)
A One-Day Symposium
Friday, September 30th, 1994.
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario CANADA
Health Sciences Centre
Room 1A1  Ewart Angus Centre
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Sponsored by the Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario (TRIO)
and the Communications Research Laboratory (CRL) at McMaster University


1.  PURPOSE:

Personal Communication systems (PCS) are becoming an important element
of the world's Wireless Communication Network.  This Seminar is
designed to brief participants on the origins of these systems, on the
status of their deployment in the world, and on the future directions
they may take.  Participants will be specifically informed about the
current R & D on which the development of these systems depends.


2.  FORMAT

Experienced speakers will make presentations on the various issues
that are relevant to PCS.  Many opportunities will be given to
participants to address questions to speakers.  A roundtable
discussion on the future trends of PCS involving leading technology
developers and planners will be followed by exchanges with
participants.  All will have a chance to see, touch, and experiment
with an operational Personal Communications System as part of the CRL
Tour.


3. PARTICIPANTS

This symposium is recommended for all persons in industry, government,
or academe, who are concerned with the planning, development,
deployment management and marketing of PCS.


4. PROGRAM

8:30 am Breakfast - Blue Cafeteria, Ewart Angus Centre
"Wireless Communications Opportunities in China"
 Keynote Speaker: Prof. Song Junde
 Dean of Graduate School
 Beijing Univ. of Posts &
 Telecommunications (BUPT)
 Beijing, PRC.


AM PROGRAM ROOM 1A1 EAC
McMaster Health Sciences Centre

10:00 Welcome & Intro.
 Mr. Peter Leach  TRIO
 Dr. John Litva  CRL, McMaster

10:15 Dr. John Litva
 CRL Director
  "Origins of 
   Personal Communications"

10:45  Coffee  Break

11:00  "Future Directions" 
  (Round Table discussions)
Chairman: Dr. John Litva
  
  Dr. Tony Bailetti
  Dr. Andrew Beasley
  Prof. Song Junde
  Mr. P. J. Quelch
  Mr. Mike Lazaridis
  Mr. Peter Leach
 
MID DAY 12:00  -  2:00 PM

 CRL  Tour
 Demonstration of
 Operational PCS
 Hands-on PCS for Participants
Sandwich Lunch CRL B102


PM PROGRAM

2:00 pm
"Intelligent Antennas for PCS"
  Dr. John Litva
  CRL Director, and Prof.
  Elect. & Computer Eng.
  McMaster University

2:30 pm
"Microstrip Antennas for
 Wireless Communications"
  Prof. David Pozar
  Electrical Engineering and
  Computer Science
  University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
 
3:00 pm
"Signal Processing 
Techniques for PCS"
  Dr. Max Wong
  Professor, Elect. & Computer
  Engineering, and CRL
  McMaster  University.
3:30 pm
"Unified Approach to Predicting Propagation in an Urban Environment"
  Dr. Henry L. Bertoni
  Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications,
  Polytechnic University
  Brooklyn, NY. 11201, USA.


REGISTRATION FORM
September 30th, 1994
PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

NAME:  _____________________

COMPANY:___________________

ADDRESS:__________________

CITY: ___________ PROV.:____

POSTAL CODE:______________

TELEPHONE:_________________

FAX:_______________________

E-MAIL:____________________

SYMPOSIUM FEES:

- TRIO Affiliates $100.+ GST
- Non-Affiliates $200.+ GST
- Grad Students $ 50. + GST


Please send this form with cheque to:
Kathy Mhoney, Conference Registrar
Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario
(TRIO), 340 March Road, Suite # 400,
Kanata, Ontario. K2K  2E4.
Phone: 613-592-9211
Fax: 613-592-8163


Carl Krasnor, Communications Research Lab, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ont. CANADA
krasnor@McMaster.CA   VA3CK   Tel:(905) 525-9140 x24171   FAX:(905) 521-2922

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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 03:42:56 -0400
Subject: Jeffrey Smulyen to Chair U.S. Delegation to ITU Conference
Organization: Internex Online, Toronto
From: ndallen@io.org (Nigel Allen)


Here is a press release from the White House that may be of some
interest. I downloaded it from the PR On-Line BBS in Maryland at
410-363-0834.  I do not work for the U.S. government.
 
 President Clinton Names Smulyan to Chair Delegation to the
International Telecommunication Conference at State Department
 
 Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2100
 
   WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- President Clinton today announced his
intention to appoint Jeffrey H. Smulyan with the personal rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of service as the Head of the United
States Delegation to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Plenipotentiary Conference in Yoto, Japan, September 19 - October 15,
1994.
 
   In his capacity as Head of the United States Delegation, Mr.
Smulyan will advance U.S. proposals to the Conference and promote U.S.
interests in the development of international telecommunications.  The
ITU is the United Nations specialized agency devoted to telecommunications 
standardization, radio frequency management, and telecommunications
development.  Mr.  Smulyan is founder and Chairman of the Board of
Emmis Broadcasting Corporation, which currently owns seven radio
stations in the United States.
 
   Mr. Smulyan was born April 6, 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He
earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and telecommunications
from the University of Southern California in 1969 and a Juris Doctor
degree from the University of Southern California School of Law in
1972.
 
  -30-
 
Nigel Allen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada     ndallen@io.org

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From: svec@rtsg.mot.com (Larry Svec)
Subject: Status of V5.1 V5.2 Development/Deployment
Date: 13 Sep 1994 14:28:55 GMT
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group


I am looking for information on the implementation of the V5.1 and
V5.2 interconnect standards such as the following:

   1) Are there any PTTs or Switch vendors who have deployed
      trial systems or commercial systems using either interface?

   2) Are there any switching or other products available now
      that utilize this standard?

   3) The V5 specs are quite substantial in features and functionality;
      are there any recommendations being made as to a subset or
      rollout of features that are being implemented by PTTs and
      switch vendors.

Any information in general regarding these specifications would be
appreciated.  I would also like to talk to or correspond with other
people involved in the development and deployment of this spec.

Thank you in advance,


Larry D. Svec - Motorola Inc.
  work: 708-632-5259      fax: 708-632-5213
  home: 708-526-1256   e-mail: svec@sand.cig.mot.com

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From: kruckenb@sal.cs.utah.edu (Pete Kruckenberg)
Subject: Information Needed for Frame-Relay Device Driver
Date: 14 Sep 1994 12:51:20 GMT
Organization: University of Utah Computer Science Department


I'm going to be writing a driver for use with the freeware Unix clone,
Linux, using a v.35 ISA board. I need to get as much information as
possible about frame-relay, including standards, specs, as well as
"lay-man" descriptions of it. Also very valuable would be any sample
code in C, Basic, Pascal, Modula, assembler, or pretty much any other
language which pertains to frame-relay, regardless of which platform
or OS it was written for. I would also like to know of any other
frame-relay-related Internet resources (newsgroups, mailing lists,
etc) that are available.

I would appreciate any help I can get in finding this information as
soon as possible. Also, anyone who would be interested in coaching
me through some of the questions I might have is encouraged to
contact me with their suggestions and advice.

Please respond by private email to pete@dswi.com, or the address
on this message. I will keep these newsgroups posted on my progress.


Thank you,

Pete Kruckenberg        School: kruckenb@sal.cs.utah.edu
University of Utah        Work: pete@dswi.com
Computer Engineering    For even more addresses, "finger pete@dswi.com"

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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 94 19:32 BST
From: buzby@cix.compulink.co.uk (Raymond Okonski)
Subject: Transatlantic Cellular
Reply-To: buzby@cix.compulink.co.uk


We all know that when crossing the Atlantic (in either direction) there 
are going to be problems with fixed or mobile comms systems. I have a 
UK collection of cellular phones: Analogue ETACS (an AMPS derivative), 
Digital GSM 900MHz and DCS 1800MHz. None of which will work if I take 
them across the 'pond'.  With so many active cellular accounts, I am 
unwilling to purchase yet another phone, but when I come over to the 
US, I want the flexibility of mobile comms, but am unsure as to the 
best course of action - arrange a reciprocal deal to anyone coming to 
Europe (so they can borrow one of mine - *and* pay the bill!) or 
attempt to source one of those Airport booths and try to rent one for 
the duration. I'll be spending a month in the Georgia/Florida areas 
later this year, if anyone can recommend the best way to obtain a 
loan/rented phone for the duration and the network covering the area,
I would be most grateful. 

I can be contacted at bbuzby@cix.compulink.co.uk.


Raymond Okonski

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From: nuance@access.digex.net (T. Stephen Eggleston)
Subject: Mixed Services, Same Premises
Date: 14 Sep 1994 11:41:21 -0400
Organization: Nuance Data Systems, Alexandria, VA    22304
Reply-To: nuance@access.digex.net


In article <telecom14.362.13@eecs.nwu.edu>, Jerry Leichter  wrote:

> In recent issues of the Digest, OEM (Our Esteemed Moderator) has:

> a)  Defended the practice of some Telco's in refusing to provide both
>  measured and unmeasured service at the same location on the
>  grounds that this would let people choose the cheaper alterna-
>  tive on a call-by-call basis, which is not the "intent" of the
>  various charging schemes;

[deletia]

My local carrier did not want to install a measured phone in my
residence, which already has three unmeasured lines.  The new phone
was for my daughter, who is living here while she is in college, and
would be in her name, not mine.  The explanation was that the two
services would not be provided in the same RESIDENCE. I faxed them a
copy of a cancelled check from my daughter for her RENT.  (50.00 per
month)

Still, they said that it was in the same physical building.

I told them, that she had her own entrance, but they said that doesn't
matter, since I was the owner.

Then, I asked ...

So, if I own a multi-family residence, I can't mix services, correct?

YES, was the reply.

When I asked them about apartment buildings, duplexes and boarding
houses, the lady got very confused.  She told me "that was different,"
but could not explain the difference.

I GOT the line.

(NOT for the purposes of avoiding charges, but I COULD run an extension
into MY part of the house if I wanted to.)

Just another $.02 from The Eggman


Steve Eggleston                         Internet:nuance@access.digex.net
Nuance Data Systems  (703)823-8963           CIS:72040,713

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Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 05:46:40 HST
From: NetSurfer <jdwilson@gold.chem.hawaii.edu>
Subject: ICRC Bosnia Appeal


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Although not telecom related, I thought
this was important enough that it should be passed along. If it annoys
you, then ignore it. If you are as concerned as many of us, then give
some consideration to what *you* can do to help.    PAT]

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------

 Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 23:11:38 +0100 (WET DST)
 From: Michel Veuthey <mveuthey@unv.ch>
 To: peace@csf.colorado.edu
 Subject: ICRC BOSNIA APPEAL


                    Address by the President
      of the International Committee of the Red Cross
   to Ambassadors and Representatives of Permanent Missions
                           at Geneva
                       7 September 1994

    Bosnia-Herzegovina: civilians hostages of political interests

The conflict in the Balkans has been going on for three years now -
three long years of terror and suffering for the civilian population,
but also three years of tireless endeavour on the part of the
humanitarian agencies. Three years during which the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working alongside other
organizations to try and alleviate the suffering endured by the
countless victims of the conflict. Sadly, the many efforts made by the
ICRC have failed to meet with the response it had hoped for.

This state of affairs is unacceptable. I solemnly wish to declare this
to the international community as a whole, through you.

For three years now, civilians have been the bargaining chips in what
is known as the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. The population is
being terrorized, threatened and subjected to constant harassment.
People are being forcibly displaced, transferred and exchanged. For
three years now, the arbitrary detention of civilians, hostage-taking,
summary executions, forced labour of civilians on the front lines are
taking place with total disregard for the most elementary principles
of humanity.

Despite the ceaseless efforts made by the ICRC, which remains at the
disposal of the parties to find humanitarian solutions to these
problems, horror is still a daily fact of life in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

More than 2,000 people have been forced to leave the town of Bijeljina
in recentweeks. They have been driven from their homes in terror,
stripped of everything they owned, subjected to brutal treatment and
compelled to cross the front line.

In the Banja Luka area, minorities are being subjected to harassment
and discrimination every day. Having lost all hope for the future,
they have no choice but to leave.

In Central Bosnia, too, minorities left without any prospect of an
acceptable life are leaving the Zenica region.

In other places like Gorazde and Srebrenica, entire populations are
encircled, confined to a few square kilometres of land and forced to
survive in appalling psychological and material conditions.

In the Bihac area, tens of thousands of displaced civilians are hostage
to the belligerents' political interests.

In most of these situations it is the Muslim civilian population that is
the principal victim of an abominable policy.

These facts are extremely serious, and that is why I have taken the
liberty of asking you to come to the ICRC today so that I could tell
you this myself. The very way in which this war is being waged
constitutes a negation of the roots of humanitarian law. The fact that
these odious practices are repeatedly being committed, coupled with
the absence of any prospect of a solution, is gradually turning human
suffering into a routine occurrence, thereby dulling people's
conscience and threatening to undermine the very foundations of
humanity.

We cannot accept a policy that advocates the forcible exclusion of
minorities. What indeed will become of them, prevented as they are
from seeking refuge abroad and abandoned to their fate among an often
hostile majority, if nothing is done to ensure that their rights are
respected in the places where they live or if nothing is done to
enable them to leave in total safety, freedom and dignity?

In the face of this intolerable situation, the ICRC once again calls
upon the parties to the conflict, and in particular their respective
leaders and populations, to assume their moral and political
responsibilities.  Above all it appeals, through you, to the community
of States to see that there is an immediate end to these crimes, whose
gravity and magnitude amount to a negation of humanitarian law and of
the most fundamental human rights. It is of the utmost urgency that
the international community find solutions taking due account of the
inalienable rights of the individual.

The International Committee of the Red Cross reminds all the States
Party to the Geneva Conventions of their collective obligation to
ensure that the provisions of humanitarian law are respected in all
circumstances.  We cannot continue to watch the erosion of the very
foundations of the law without taking practical action. The ICRC is
counting on a prompt and determined reaction on the part of the
international community.

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From: peterli@dev.gdb.org (Peter Li)
Subject: Help Needed on Losing Telephone Connection
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - Genome Data Base (GDB)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 04:10:42 GMT


Hi folks,

I have this problem with my telephone line, it drops everynight around
11:00pm. I wonder if someone on the net can help me out.  Here is the
scenerio:

I have two lines to my house; two pairs of wire on a single four wire
cable.  I use a modem on one of the lines to dial in to my system at
work.  Every night, the line is dropped, then for about one minute, I
could not get a dialtone. Bell Atlantic sent out technicians during
daytime twice and found no problems with the line.

I have unplugged all extensions and answering machines, and the
problem still happens. I tried a "loop-back" test, i.e. using the bad
line and called my other line, no modem, just voice, and the line is
still dropped.  So the problem is not modem related.

And the most peculiar thing is that the line is always dropped around 
11:00 pm. After the line recovers, everything is fine for hours.

My suspicion is that nothing is wrong physically with the wire, but
something is happening at the switching center in the telephone
company.  The people who answer the problem number (611) doesn't seem
to know anything about it and nor do I. If any of you have an idea why
this is occurring, please respond so that I might be able to jarr some
engineer in Bell Atlantic to get this fixed. (Switching to use the
other line is out of the question, that one is my wife's line :-).


Thanks in advance,

Peter Li    email: peterli@gdb.org


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I am curious ... during the minute or so
when you get dropped and cannot get dialtone on the one line, what is
the status of the other line?  What happens if you dial the (dropped, no
dialtone) line from your other one? Rapid busy signal perhaps, or a 
regular busy signal?   PAT]

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Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 18:51:15 MDT
From: Rob Slade <roberts@decus.ca>
Subject: Book Review: "Netiquette" by Shea


BKNTQUTT.RVW  940601
 
Albion Books
4547 California Street
San Francisco, CA  94118
info@albion.com
"Netiquette", Shea, 1994, 0-9637025-1-3, U$19.95
ms.netiquette@albion.com
 
The word, "etiquette," we are told in the book, comes from the French
word for "ticket".  It is your entree, or passport, to proper society.
Given the human propensity for exclusivity, however, large sections of
the populace take great pride in a reverse snobbery by proving that
they don't care about the "right" society, and have no intentions of
following its rules.  Rebels have a disproportionately high representation 
on electronic networks.  All that this proves, of course, is that
different cultures have different specifics in terms of etiquette:
netiquette can be much more rigid and picayune than arguments about
which fork to use.
 
Nevertheless, as Shea points out, there are some common sense
guidelines that form the basis of netiquette.  The fundamental
principles could be applied to entering any society: lurk (use your
eyes and ears first), learn (pay attention to what is going on and
find the acceptable, and unacceptable, patterns), and, live and let
live.  The contents, after an introduction to networking concepts,
cover the usual basics of netiquette with the usual list of rules,
some discussion of email, email style, discussion groups, and flames.
It expands beyond that, however, to information retrieval, significant
violations, corporate, home and school etiquette, and discussions of
sexual relationships, privacy and copyright.  (It is interesting to
read the coverage of advertising on the net from a work published just
prior to the deluge from Canter and Siegel, who, in their refusal to
abide by net dictates, or to admit the net could *have* dictates, give
a whole new meaning to the term "self-centred".)
 
Shea's treatment is not, as the cover blurb states, the only book to
offer guidance in this area, but is certainly the most complete.
While the material is definitely of use to the newcomer, long time net
denizens will note a lack of familiarity with certain aspects of
computer mediated communications.  The advice, for example, to wait a
few days before replying to a flame, or composing a flame in reply to
an "ignorant" message, is of no use to busy net communicators.  The
standard time management advice applies -- once you pick it up, don't
put it down until you've dealt with it.  I tend to get one or two
flames per week in response to these reviews, and, inevitably, the
messages betray the fact that the flamer hasn't even read the message.
However, after a careful review to ensure that there isn't some point
to take, I'd rather delete such messages without replying, instead of
wasting my time composing a reply in order to try to convince the
Internit that he, she or it was wasting my time.  (Alternately, if you
don't like my solution, forward the flame to Canter and Siegel, thus
killing, or at least aggravating, two nits with one flame.)
 
There is also little analysis of the social forces behind flammage.
Users are often told to be temperate, don't flame, use smileys and
don't be abusive.  The "rules of correspondence" too often fail to
demonstrate how easily electronic communications can generate misunder-
standings.  Shea's book is better than most because it covers more
related territory, but some up-front explanation of the mechanics
involved would have been helpful.
 
Although a brief discussion of netiquette is now a standard fixture in
net guides, a work of this larger scope is long overdue.  A note
asking for suggestions implies corrections and additions in a later
version.  I look forward to such future editions and the salutary
effect on net traffic that this, and they, will have.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994   BKNTQUTT.RVW  940601. Distribution
permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated newsgroups/mailing lists.


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