AT&T No. 1/1A Electronic Switching System (1/1A ESS)

(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
 

Books

  1. EOBS2 pgs 413, 415-20, 451-452, 459-460, 461, 463.

Periodical Articles and Conference Papers

  1. "The Ferreed - A New Switching Device", BSTJ 39:1 Jan 1960 pgs 1-30.
     
  2. "Full-Scale Electronic Central Office Planned for New Jersey", BLR 40:1 Jan 1962 pgs 38-40.
     
  3. "The Ferreed", BSTJ 43:1 Jan 1964 pgs 1-14.
     
  4. "The Ferreed", BLR 42:2 Feb 1964 pgs 70-74.
     
  5. Issue of The Bell System Technical Journal on the No. 1 Electronic Switching System, BSTJ 43:5:1,2 Sep 1964.
     
  6. "No. 1 ESS: System Organization and Objectives", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 1831-1844.
     
  7. "Organization of No. 1 ESS Central Processor", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 1845-1922.
     
  8. "Organization of the No. 1 ESS Stored Program", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 1923-1959.
     
  9. "No. 1 ESS Maintenance Plan", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 1961-2019.
     
  10. "No. 1 ESS Bus System", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 2021-2054.
     
  11. "No. 1 ESS Logic Circuits and Their Application to the Design of the Central Control", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 2055-2095.
     
  12. "No. 1 ESS Program Store", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 2097-2146.
     
  13. "No. 1 ESS ESS Call Store - A 0.2 Megabit Ferrite Sheet Memory", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 2147-2191.
     
  14. "No. 1 ESS Switching Network Plan", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2193- 2220.
     
  15. "No. 1 ESS Switching Network Frames and Circuits", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2221-2253.
     
  16. "No. 1 ESS Scanner, Signal Distributor, and Central Pulse Distributor", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2255-2282.
     
  17. "No. 1 ESS Master Control Center", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2283-2319.
     
  18. "Line, Trunk, Junctor, and Service Circuits for No. 1 ESS", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2321-2353.
     
  19. "No. 1 ESS Apparatus and Equipment", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2355- 2439.
     
  20. "No. 1 ESS Circuit Packs and Connectors", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2441- 2456.
     
  21. "PROCESS III - A Compiler-Assembler for No. 1 ESS", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2457-2481.
     
  22. "No. 1 ESS Call Processing", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2483-2531.
     
  23. "Translations in the No. 1 Electronic Switching System", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2533-2573.
     
  24. "System Testing of the No. 1 Electronic Switching System", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2575-2592.
     
  25. "New Electronic Switching System Will Offer a Variety of Services", BLR 42:10 Nov 1964 pg 379.
     
  26. "A New Electronic Switching System", IEEE Spectrum 2:x Feb 1965 pgs 87-94 (also COSW pgs 1-12).
     
  27. "No. 1 Electronic Switching System", ITCT COM-13:1 Mar 1965 pgs 38-41.
     
  28. Issue of the Bell Laboratories Record on the No. 1 Electronic Switching System, BLR 43:6 Jun 1965.
     
  29. "Electronic Switching", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 194-195.
     
  30. "The Evolution of Telephone Switching", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 196-203.
     
  31. "From Morris to Succasunna", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 204-209.
     
  32. "Features and Services", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 210-213.
     
  33. "The Stored Program", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 214-221.
     
  34. "The Control Unit", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 222-227.
     
  35. "Memory Devices", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 228-235.
     
  36. "The Switching Network", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 236-240.
     
  37. "Mechanical Design", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 241-245.
     
  38. "Power System and Ringing and Tone Plants", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 246-250.
     
  39. "A New Approach to System Maintenance", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 251-255.
     
  40. "Testing the System", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 268-273.
     
  41. "Cut-over at Succasunna", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 274-275.
     
  42. "ESS 'UPSTAT'", Bell Telephone Magazine 44:2 Summer 1965 pgs 40-45.
     
  43. "A Computer Program for No. 1 ESS Junctor Assignments", BLR 44:6 Jun 1966 pgs 192-196.
     
  44. "Electronic Switching System for AUTOVON", ICC'66.
     
  45. "Service Experience with No. 1 ESS Equipment", ICES'66 pgs 712-716.
     
  46. "AMA For No. 1 ESS", BLR 44:8 Sep 1966 pgs 271-276.
     
  47. "Translations and Recent-Change Information in No. 1 ESS", BLR 45:3 Mar 1967 pgs 83-86.
     
  48. "Evaluating the First No. 1 ESS Offices", BLR 45:11 Dec 1967 pgs 350- 355.
     
  49. "Trunk and Line Testing for No. 1 ESS", BLR 45:11 Dec 1967 pgs 369- 372.
     
  50. "Early No. 1 ESS Field Experiences: I - Two-Wire System for Commercial Applications", ITCT COM-15:6 Dec 1967 pgs 744-750.
     
  51. "Early No. 1 ESS Field Experiences: II - Four-Wire System for Government and Military Applications", ITCT COM-15:6 Dec 1967 pgs 751-754.
     
  52. "Centrex Service in No. 1 ESS", NEC'68 pgs 661-666.
     
  53. "Centrex Service in No. 1 ESS", BLR 46:10 Nov 1968 pgs 332-338.
     
  54. "Revamping the Ferreed Switch", BLR 47:2 Feb 1969 pgs 53-56.
     
  55. "Maintenance of a Large Electronic Switching System", ITCT COM-17:1 Feb 1969 pgs 1-9.
     
  56. "An Electrically Alterable NDRO Memory System Using a Twistor", ITCT COM-17:2 Apr 1969 pgs 93-99.
     
  57. "On-Line Retrofitting of Electronic Switching Systems", ITCT COM-17:2 Apr 1969 pgs 99-103.
     
  58. "The No. 1 ESS Signal Processor", BLR 47:4 Apr 1969 pgs 120-124.
     
  59. "Interfacing ESS with the Preexisting Telephone System", ICSTTN pgs 455-458.
     
  60. "No. 1 ESS Service Experience - Software", ICSTTN pgs 459-462.
     
  61. "No. 1 ESS Service Experience - Hardware", ICSTTN pgs 463-466.
     
  62. "Reoptimization of Call Stores for No. 1 ESS", ICSTTN pgs 467-470.
     
  63. "Transmission Aspects of No. 1 ESS", ICSTTN pgs 471-474.
     
  64. "Development History of No. 1 ESS - Software", ICSTTN pgs 475-478.
     
  65. "Generic Programs for No. 1 ESS", BLR 47:6 Jul 1969 pgs 210-214.
     
  66. "ESS - Four Years Old", BLR 47:7 Aug 1969 pgs 226-232.
     
  67. "The Piggyback Twistor Store", BLR 47:11 Dec 1969 pgs 359-364.
     
  68. Issue of The Bell System Technical Journal partly on "No. 1 ESS ADF", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970.
     
  69. "No. 1 ESS ADF: System Organization and Objectives", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2733-2752.
     
  70. "No. 1 ESS ADF: Message Processing Program Organization", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2753-2829.
     
  71. "No. 1 ESS ADF: Maintenance Plan", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2831-2856.
     
  72. "No. 1 ESS ADF: Autonomous Data Scanner and Distributor", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2857-2885.
     
  73. "No. 1 ESS ADF: Message Store - A Disk Memory System", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2887-2913.
     
  74. "No. 1 ESS ADF: Magnetic Tape Subsystem", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2915-2940.
     
  75. "No. 1 ESS ADF: Teletypewriter Stations and Transmission Facilities", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2941-2973.
     
  76. "No. 1 ESS ADF: System Testing and Early Field Operation Experience", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2975-3004.
     
  77. "A Decade of ESS", BLR 48:11 Dec 1970 pgs 318-325.
     
  78. "What's New in No. 1 ESS", BLR 49:6 Jun/Jul 1971 pgs 166-170.
     
  79. "Service Link Network Simplifies No. 1 ESS Call Handling", BLR 49:6 Jun/Jul 1971 pgs 171-173.
     
  80. "Streamlined Programs and Expanded Use of Memories Boost No. 1 ESS Capacity", BLR 49:6 Jun/Jul 1971 pgs 174-175.
     
  81. "Emergency Action for No. 1 ESS", BLR 49:6 Jun/Jul 1971 pgs 176-179.
     
  82. "No. 1 ESS PBX Service Offering By an Electronic Central Office", IFEC'71 pg 56.
     
  83. "New Memory Reduces No. 1 ESS Cost and Size", BLR 50:4 Apr 1972 pgs 120-123.
     
  84. "Auxiliary Programs for No. 1 ESS", BLR 50:4 Apr 1972 pg 130.
     
  85. "Software Protection in No. 1 ESS", ISS'72 pgs 565-569.
     
  86. "Major Trends in Switching", BLR 50:9 Oct 1972 pgs 270-278.
     
  87. "Patrol Surveys Traffic for No. 1 ESS Offices", BLR 51:3 Mar 1973 pgs 72-77.
     
  88. "Getting the Most Out of Stored Program Control", BLR 51:6 Jun 1973 pgs 181-185.
     
  89. "The Remreed Network: A Smaller, More Reliable Switch", BLR 51:7 Jul/Aug 1973 pgs 202-207.
     
  90. "Philadelphia Story", Bell Telephone Magazine, 52:3 1973 pgs 2-5.
     
  91. "No. 1 ESS Processors: How Dependable Have They Been?", BLR 52:1 Jan 1974 pgs 21-25.
     
  92. "Meeting Small Business Customer Needs with No. 1 ESS", BLR 52:6 Jun 1974 pgs 187-191.
     
  93. "Business Communications Services from ESS Central Offices", ICC'74 paper 34C-1.
     
  94. "No. 1 ESS Local/Toll/Tandem", ISS'74 pgs 526/1-526/4 (also COSW pgs 13-16).
     
  95. "Upgrading Multilocation Services with No. 1 ESS", BLR 53:6 Jun 1975 pgs 264-271.
     
  96. "Serving Hotels, Motels, and Hospitals", BLR 53:6 Jun 1975 pgs 272- 277.
     
  97. "Introducing CAMA Features to No. 1 ESS", BLR 53:10 Nov 1975 pgs 395- 399.
     
  98. "Controlling Large Electronic Switching Systems", BLR 54:2 Feb 1976 pgs 30-33.
     
  99. Issue of The Bell System Technical Journal on "Remreed Switching Networks for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976.
     
  100. "R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: System Overview", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 503-509.
     
  101. "R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Development of a Remanent Reed Sealed Contact", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 511-535.
     
  102. "R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Remreed Switches", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 537-564.
     
  103. "R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Remreed Network Electronic Control", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 565-595.
     
  104. "R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Remreed Line Scanner", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 597-606.
     
  105. "R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Physical Design of Remreed Switching Networks", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 607-636
     
  106. "R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Transmission Design and Environmental Protection of Remreed Networks", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 637-661.
     
  107. "R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Remreed Contact and Switching Network Evaluation", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 663-680.
     
  108. "1A ESS: Newest, Largest-Capacity Local Switch Cuts Over Early", BLR 55:1 Jan 1977 pgs 15-20.
     
  109. "No. 1 ESS Furnishes ACD Service", BLR 56:3 Mar 1978 pgs 76-82.
     
  110. "Modifying No. 1 ESS for Enhanced Private Network Service", BLR 57:2 Feb 1979 pgs 46-52.
     
  111. "Microprocessor Controlled T-Carrier Interface for No. 1/1A ESS", ICC'80 paper 1.4.
     
  112. "The Digital Carrier Trunk - A 'Smart' Move Toward Increased ESS Capabilities", BLR 58:10 Nov 1980 pgs 341-345.
     
  113. "Coping with Overloads", BLR 59:6 Jul/Aug 1981 pgs 183-185.
     
  114. "A Central Office Steps Up", BLR 59:10 Dec 1981 pgs 298-303.
     
  115. "We're More Than Halfway There", BLR 60:5 May/Jun 1982 pgs 113-115.
     
  116. "No. 1/1A ESS - SPC Network Capabilities and Signaling Architecture", BSTJ 61:7:3 Sep 1982 pgs 1611-1636.
     
  117. "Mapping Strategies for a Relational View of the No. 1A ESS Translations Data Base", ICC'83 paper A4.3.
     
  118. "Teaching the 1A ESS Switch to Speak Korean", BLR 61:6 Jul/Aug 1983 pgs 11-14.
     
  119. "Call Failure Analysis", 4th WTF paper 1.3.4.
     
  120. "Monitoring the 'Health' of 1/1A ESS Switches", BLR 61:10 Dec 1983 pgs 13-15.
     
  121. "Attached Processor for 4 ESS and 1A ESS Switches", ISS'84 paper 22A.3.
     
  122. "CENTREX: A Long Time Winner That Still Looks Good", Telephony Oct 8 1984 pgs 43-48.
     
  123. "Helping Switches to Account for Themselves", BLR 63:2 Mar 1985 pgs 16-22.
     
  124. "New Voice and Data Features for Centrex", BLR 63:3 May 1985 pgs 4-9.
     
  125. "LASS: Putting the Telephone Customer in Charge", BLR 63:3 May 1985 pgs 10-16.
     
  126. "Just When You Thought It Made Sense to Get Rid of Centrex ...", DC 15:3 Mar 1986 pgs 118-129.
     
  127. "The Old 1A - It's Not Dead Yet!", Telephony 216:21 May 22 1989 pgs 72-82.

Web Pages and Websites

  1. Wikipedia article "1ESS switch".