Metropolitan communications: near term needs and opportunities (1976-1980).

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doi:10.17226/26992

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26992

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-ix
Useful Roles for Telecommunications in Urban Health Care	3-27
Technology and Telecommunications in Education	28-65
Discussion Notes on Telecommunications and Education	66-69
Background Material on Plato Computer Assisted Instruction System	70-76
Cost-to-benefit Ratios in Medical Data Telecommunications	77-85
An Aspect of Baltimore Citys Human Resources Delivery System	86-95
Electronic Library and Reference Service Requirements in Metropolitan Areas	96-109
Possible Use of Satellite Transmission for Direct Broadcast Television in a Future Metropolitan Communications System	110-117
Telecommunications in Business	118-151
Technology Assessment	152-157
Entertainment and Telecommunications the Next Five Years	158-162
Emergency Services Telecommunications Needs	163-177
Telecommunications Relative To Transportation	178-187
Report on Needs of the City Panel on Priorities and Street Crime	188-199
Communication for Survival Perspective and Proposed Programs	200-216
Requirements of Metro Area Governments for Communications Information	217-220
Administrative Communications in a Large Urban County Government	221-229
Communications in an Environmental Agency	230-250
A Survey of Existing and Near Term Capabilities and Applications for Metropolitan Communications	251-315
New Telecommunications Technologies	316-358
Optical Communication Within the Atmosphere	359-370
Speech Synthesis and Recognition	371-377
Preliminary Report broadband Cable Systems	378-392
Factors Relating To Broadband Cable Systems	393-399
Terminals and Interconnection	400-420
Packet Switched Network Service	421-427
Possible Use of Satellites in Future Metropolitan Communications Systems	428-453
Communications Switching Technology	454-465
Network Planning for Metropolitan Communications	466-476
Background Paper Selected Economic and Policy Issues in Communications Regulation	477-500
Comments on Issue 8	501-509
Some Thoughts on Issue 3	510-531
Security of Metropolitan Telecommunications	532-540
Technical Aspects of the Protection of Individual Privacy	541-552
Privacy Security Factors in Broadband Cable Distribution Systems	553-556
Privacy and Security in Metro Services	557-563

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