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TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES AND SELECTED FOREIGN COUNTRIES: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY Volume II Individual Contributions Report to the National Science Foundation Contract No. H-l22l Panel on Telecommunications Research Committee on Telecommunications National Academy of Engineering June l973
Printed in the United States of America Available from National Technical Information Service (NTIS) U. S. Department of Commerce Springfield, Virginia 22l5l Telephone (703) 32l 8543 Telecommunications Research in the United States and Selected Foreign Countries: A Preliminary Survey Summary (Volume I) and Individual Contributions (Volume II) PB 222 080 (must be cited in all requests for a set of this publication). Price: Printed copy, $l0.00 Telecommunications Research in the United States and Selected Foreign Countries: A Preliminary Survey Summary (Volume I) PB 222 08l (must be cited in all requests for this publication). Price: Printed copy, $4.50; Microfiche, $l.45 Telecommunications Research in the United States and Selected Foreign Countries: A Preliminary Survey Individual Contributions (Volume II) PB 222 082 (must be cited in all requests for this publication). Price: Printed copy, $6.75; Microfiche, $l.45 Special note for foreign mailing: For each paper copy of an NTIS publication sent to a foreign country, there is a surcharge of $2.50; for airmail, the overseas surcharge is $4.50. The foreign surcharge for each microfiche copy is $l.50. These charges are in addition to the basic cost of the document. All costs are prepaid. For further information contact: Committee on Telecommunications National Academy of Engineering 2l0l Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 204l8 Telephone: (202) 96l l4l4
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING The National Academy of Engineering was established in December l964. The Academy is independent and autonomous in its organization and election of members, and shares in the responsibility given the National Academy of Sciences under its congressional act of incor- poration to advise the federal government, upon request, in all areas of science and engineering. The National Academy of Engineering, aware of its respon- sibilities to the government, the engineering community, and the nation as a whole, is pledged: 1. To provide means of assessing the constantly changing needs of the nation and the technical resources that can and should be applied to them; to sponsor programs aimed at meeting these needs; and to encourage such engineering research as may be advisable in the national interest. 2. To explore means for promoting cooperation in engineer- ing in the United States and abroad, with a view to securing con- centration on problems significant to society and encouraging research and development aimed at meeting them. 3. To advise the Congress and the executive branch of the government, whenever called upon by any department or agency thereof, on matters of national import pertinent to engineering. 4. To cooperate with the National Academy of Sciences on matters involving both science and engineering. 5. To serve the nation in other respects in connection with significant problems in engineering and technology. 6. To recognize in an appropriate manner outstanding contributions to the nation by leading engineers.
