Telephone Primer

Abstract

The telephone is the most common and widely used electronic communication device in use today. Because of this, the military is heavily reliant on the telephone system and considers it the primary voice communications medium. Furthermore, recent technological advances will dramatically change the telephone as well as we know it today. This thesis will take a comprehensive look at the telephone in today's complex telecommunications environment. It will describe the technical aspects of individual components as well as how the system works as a whole. The divestiture of AT and T will be analyzed, especially the effects it has had on the military. After describing the historical and technical aspects of the telephone system, the thesis will focus its attention on military telephone programs and upgrades being planned to increase telephone capabilities and survivability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA239527

Entities

People

  • Patrick J. Hovatter

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Bandwidth
  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Techniques
  • Computer Communications
  • Digital Communications
  • Frequency Bands
  • Law
  • Mobile Phones
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Multiple Access
  • Multiplexing
  • Packet Switching
  • Telephone Lines
  • Telephone Systems
  • Voice Communications

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Economics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics