| Preface | p. ix |
| Author's Note | p. xiii |
| Information Technology | p. 1 |
| Information Technology Concept | p. 2 |
| Intelligent Network Concept | p. 5 |
| Comunication Fundamentals | p. 7 |
| Connection-type Communication and Connectionless-type Communication | p. 7 |
| Numbering Plan | p. 10 |
| Protocol | p. 10 |
| Communication Network Structure | p. 13 |
| Telephone Network Architecture | p. 13 |
| Computer Network Architecture | p. 14 |
| Internet Network Architecture | p. 20 |
| Advances in Communication Networks | p. 23 |
| Integrated Services Digital Network | p. 24 |
| N-ISDN | p. 24 |
| B-ISDN | p. 25 |
| Asynchronous Transfer Mode | p. 26 |
| A Variety of Telecommunication Systems | p. 37 |
| Computer Sharing | p. 37 |
| Facsimile Communication System | p. 38 |
| Videotex Communication System | p. 38 |
| Distance Education System | p. 40 |
| Information Superhighways | p. 45 |
| The Gigabit Network Test Bed Project | p. 46 |
| Super-High-Speed Backbone Network Project | p. 47 |
| Internet 2 and the Next-Generation Internet | p. 48 |
| Global Information Infrastructure | p. 48 |
| Significance of Information Superhighways | p. 49 |
| Newly Developed Telecommunication Services | p. 51 |
| Toll-Free-Phone Service | p. 52 |
| Caller ID Service | p. 52 |
| Call Forwarding Service | p. 53 |
| Call Waiting Service | p. 53 |
| Mobile Communication Service | p. 53 |
| The Internet | p. 56 |
| Intranet | p. 67 |
| Continuous Acquisition and Lifelong Support | p. 69 |
| Electronic Money | p. 74 |
| Intelligent Communication Systems | p. 79 |
| Concept of Intelligent Communication Systems | p. 80 |
| Functions of the Intelligent Processing Layer | p. 80 |
| Structure of the Knowledge-Base System | p. 81 |
| Design Methodology for Telecommunication Service | p. 85 |
| State-of-the-Art Design Methodology | p. 85 |
| Definitions | p. 88 |
| Graph Theory | p. 89 |
| Example Description of Telecommunication Services | p. 92 |
| Conflicts Among Telecommunication Services | p. 95 |
| Conflict of Charge Policy | p. 97 |
| High-Level Description of Telecommunication Services | p. 98 |
| Requirement Specification | p. 101 |
| Basic Technology of the Intelligent Communication System | p. 103 |
| Application of Production Rules to Telecommunications | p. 104 |
| Description of Telecommunication Services in a Semantic Network | p. 108 |
| Symbolic Logic | p. 110 |
| Predicate Logic | p. 114 |
| Telesensation | p. 127 |
| Virtual Reality Concept | p. 127 |
| History of Virtual Reality | p. 129 |
| Virtual Object Handling | p. 130 |
| Examples of Virtual Reality | p. 130 |
| Applications of Virtual Reality | p. 131 |
| Telesensation | p. 132 |
| Types of Telesensation | p. 132 |
| HyperReality | p. 136 |
| Possible Applications of HyperReality | p. 139 |
| Technologies for Establishing HyperReality | p. 148 |
| Computer Vision | p. 149 |
| Definitions | p. 149 |
| Image Display | p. 151 |
| Image Transformation | p. 155 |
| Image Recognition for Telesensation | p. 164 |
| Application of Telesensation | p. 177 |
| Concluding Remarks | p. 181 |
| The Age of the Five Senses | p. 181 |
| The Age of Personalization | p. 183 |
| Impact of the Intelligent Communication System on Industry | p. 184 |
| Impact of the Intelligent Communication System on Society | p. 187 |
| Multimedia-Based Society in the 21st Century | p. 188 |
| Bridging the Gaps Between the Haves and the Have-Nots | p. 190 |
| Light and Shadow of Multimedia-Based Society | p. 191 |
| References | p. 193 |
| Index | p. 197 |
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