Digital Telephony Analysis Model and Issues.
Abstract
Experts in the fields of digital telephony and communications security have stated the need for an analytical tool for evaluating complex issues. Some important policy issues discussed by experts recently include implementing digital wire-taps, implementation of the Clip- Chip", required registration of encryption/decryption keys, and export control of cryptographic equipment. Associated The implementation of these policies are direct costs resulting from implementation, indirect cost benefits from implementation, sad -direct costs resulting from the risks of implementation or factors reducing cost benefits. Presented herein is a model for analyzing digital telephony policies and systems and their associated direct costs, and indirect benefit and risk factors. In order to present the structure of the model, issues of national importance and business-related issues are discussed. The various factors impacting the implementation of the associated communications systems and communications security are summarized, and various implementation tradeoffs are compared based on economic benefits/impact. The importance of the issues addressed herein, as well as other digital telephony issues, has greatly increased with the enormous increases in communication system connectivity due to the advance of the National Information Infrastructure.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA298068
Entities
People
- Lynn M. Keuthan
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory