DocumentCode
1007549
Title
A view of reliability and quality measurements for telecommunications systems
Author
Erickson, Robert L. ; Saxena, Dileep R. ; Brush, Gary G.
Author_Institution
Bell Commun. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Volume
8
Issue
2
fYear
1990
fDate
2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
219
Lastpage
223
Abstract
The authors present a customer (telephone company) oriented view of R&Q (reliability and quality) measurements for telecommunications systems based on Bellcore´s experience and work in this area. On behalf of its clients, Bellcore has published its preliminary view of generic requirements for supplier quantification of several aspects of system reliability and quality measurement. These generic requirements are contained in Bellcore´s `Reliability and Quality Measurements for Telecommunications Systems (RQMS),´ TA-TSY-000929 (1989). The measurements are applicable to network switching elements (local switch, tandem, signal transfer point, service control point, packet switch, adjunct, etc.), operations systems, and transparent systems. Their scope covers system, software, hardware, firmware, and product support, and they are directed toward the system test, first office application, and general availability system life-cycle stages. Issues covered by this document are discussed in some detail
Keywords
quality control; software reliability; telecommunication systems; telecommunications computing; Bellcore; firmware; hardware; local switch; network switching elements; operations systems; packet switch; product support; quality measurement; service control point; signal transfer point; software; system life-cycle; system reliability measurement; system test; tandem; telecommunications systems; telephone company; transparent systems; Area measurement; Control systems; Hardware; Packet switching; Software systems; Switches; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication switching; Telephony;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8716
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/49.46875
Filename
46875
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