AT&T No. 5 Electronic Switching System (5ESS)

(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
 

Books

  1. EOBS2 pgs 414, 434-438, 459-460.
     
  2. Section 12.6 of Digital Telephony and Network Integration; Bernard E. Keiser and Eugene Strange; Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1985.

Periodical Articles and Conference Papers

  1. "No. 5 ESS Overview", ISS'81 paper 31A.1.
     
  2. "No. 5 ESS System Architecture", ISS'81 paper 31A.2.
     
  3. "No. 5 ESS Hardware Design", ISS'81 paper 31A.3.
     
  4. "No. 5 ESS Software Design", ISS'81 paper 31A.4.
     
  5. "3B Processor System", ISS'81.
     
  6. "No. 5 ESS - Versatile, Flexible, Forward Looking", BLR 59:9 Nov 1981 pgs 258-263.
     
  7. "No. 5 ESS - Serving the Present, Serving the Future", BLR Dec 1981 59:10 pgs 290-293.
     
  8. "No. 5 ESS: Bell's Local Digital Switch", TE&M Jan 1 1982 pgs 41-45.
     
  9. "Small Chip Blocks Large Voltages", BLR 60:4 Apr 1982 pgs 91-94.
     
  10. "Software Structure of No. 5 ESS - A Distributed Telephone Switching System", ITC COM-30:6 Jun 1982 pgs 1379-1385.
     
  11. "No. 5 ESS Maintenance Software", ITC COM-30:6 Jun 1982 pgs 1386-1392.
     
  12. "Local Switching: On the Leading Edge of Technology", BLR 60:7 Sep 1982 pgs 181-184.
     
  13. "A Real-Time Database Management System for No. 5 ESS", BSTJ 61:9:2 Nov 1982 pgs 2423-2437.
     
  14. "The 5ESS Switching System: Robust and Ready for Change", BLR 61:5 May/Jun 1983 pgs 4-9.
     
  15. "A Form Management System for Switching Database Administration", ICC'83 paper A4.1 (ODIN).
     
  16. "A Classic Case for Digital", Telephony Jun 20 1983 pgs 28-32.
     
  17. "Portability Smooths Way for New Processor", BLR 61:7 Sep 1983 pgs 16-24.
     
  18. "Goals for the Design of a Switching System", 4th WTF paper 1.3.6.
     
  19. "The Uncommon Family of 5ESS Switches Has a Lot in Common", BLR 61:9 Nov 1983 pgs 4-10.
     
  20. "Digital Feature Evolution in the 5ESS Digital Switch", GTC'83 paper 17.6.
     
  21. "Intelligent Network - More Services, Profits", TE&M 87:23 Dec 1 1983 pgs 124-126.
     
  22. "Multimodule and Local Toll - The Evolution Continues", BLR 62:1 Jan 1984 pgs 13-19.
     
  23. "Data-Base Administration for the 5ESS Switch: Flexible, Simple", BLR 62:4 Apr 1984 pgs 26-33.
     
  24. "Integrated Digital Services on the 5ESS System", ISS'84 paper 14A.3.
     
  25. "Customized Switching Systems", ISS'84 paper 14A.4.
     
  26. "Advances in Remote Switching Concepts", ISS'84 paper 33B.3.
     
  27. "5ESS System Evolution", ISS'84 paper 41A.1.
     
  28. "Operational Experience with the 5ESS Switch", ISS'84 paper 42A.4.
     
  29. "System Recovery Concepts in a Distributed Processing System", ICC'84 paper 17.8.
     
  30. "Concurrency Control and Transaction Management in the 5ESS Switch", ICC'84 paper 25.6.
     
  31. "Money in the Memory Bank", BLR 62:5 May 1984 pgs 18-25.
     
  32. "'Big City' Switching Arrives in Small Towns", BLR 62:6 Aug 1984 pgs 10-15.
     
  33. Special issue of the Philips Telecommunication Review on the 5ESS-PRX switch, PTR 42:3 Sep 1984.
     
  34. "A New Force in Telecommunications", PTR 42:3 Sep 1984 pgs 109-110.
     
  35. "5ESS-PRX Architecture", PTR 42:3 Sep 1984 pgs 111-131.
     
  36. "Network Planning with 5ESS-PRX", PTR 42:3 Sep 1984 pgs 132-147.
     
  37. "5ESS-PRX Software", PTR 42:3 Sep 1984 pgs 170-182.
     
  38. "3B20D Computer: Maintenance with a Mind of Its Own", BLR 62:7 Nov 1984 pgs 16-17, 20-21.
     
  39. "5ESS Switch Maintenance: Building on the Basics", BLR 62:7 Nov 1984 pgs 18-19, 21.
     
  40. "A Virtual Switching Machine for the 5ESS Switching System", GTC'84 session 6, p. 18.
     
  41. "Controlling the Network of the 5ESS Switching System", GTC'84 session 6, p. 18.
     
  42. "Interprocessor Message Switch for the 5ESS Switching System", GTC'84 session 21, p. 22.
     
  43. "A Hardware Independent Testing Environment for 5ESS Switching System Software", GTC'84 session 38, p. 27.
     
  44. "The 5ESS System Development Environment", GTC'84 session 38, p. 27.
     
  45. "Software Test Facilities for 5ESS Switching System", GTC'84 session 38, p. 27.
     
  46. "The SLC 96 Subscriber Loop Carrier System: Integration With the 5ESS Switching System", BLTJ 63:10:2 Dec 1984 pgs 2417-2437.
     
  47. "C&P Takes High Ground on Digital Battlefield", Telephony Dec 3 1984 pgs 48-52.
     
  48. "Big City Switching in Small Towns", Telephony Dec 3 1984 pgs 50-52.
     
  49. "Helping Switches to Account for Themselves", BLR 63:2 Mar 1985 pgs 16-22.
     
  50. "High Technology Matches High Growth", Telephony Apr 15 1985 pgs 42- 50.
     
  51. "New Voice and Data Features for Centrex", BLR 63:3 May 1985 pgs 4-9.
     
  52. "Electronic Twins Protect 5ESS Switch Operations", BLR 63:3 May 1985 pgs 22-26.
     
  53. "The Shape of Things to Come", TE&M Jun 1 1985 pg 130.
     
  54. "The Impact of Divestiture on 5ESS Switch Software", ICC'85 pgs 791- 794.
     
  55. Issue of the AT&T Technical Journal on the "5ESS Switching System", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985.
     
  56. "5ESS: Introduction", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1305-1314.
     
  57. "5ESS: Applications Planning", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1315-1337.
     
  58. "5ESS: Architectural Overview", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1339- 1356.
     
  59. "5ESS: Operational Software", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1357-1384.
     
  60. "5ESS: Maintenance Capabilities", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1385- 1416.
     
  61. "5ESS: Hardware Design", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1417-1437.
     
  62. "5ESS: Physical Design/Hardware", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1439- 1483.
     
  63. "5ESS: System Development Environment", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1485-1502.
     
  64. "5ESS: System Test, First-Office Application, and Early Field Experience", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1503-1522.
     
  65. "5ESS: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Capabilities", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1523-1536.
     
  66. "5ESS: Factory System Testing", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1537- 1558.
     
  67. "New Network Management Software Helps Carriers Using 5ESS Switches Keep Their Revenues Flowing", BLR 63:6 Nov 1985 pgs 29-33.
     
  68. Issue of the AT&T Technical Journal on "5ESS Switching System Software", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986.
     
  69. "5ESS Software: Overview", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 1-26.
     
  70. "5ESS Software: Billing and Administrative Services", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 27-46.
     
  71. "5ESS Software: Interactive Query and Data Update", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 47-60.
     
  72. "5ESS Software: Database Management System", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 61-80.
     
  73. "5ESS Software: Operating System Structure", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 81-98.
     
  74. "5ESS Software: User Interface", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 99-114.
     
  75. "5ESS Software: Office Database Generation", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 115-130.
     
  76. "5ESS Software: Call-Processing Software Structure", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 131-152.
     
  77. "5ESS Software: Software Fault Detection and Recovery", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 153-166.
     
  78. "5ESS Software: Network Control and Timing Maintenance Software", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 167-186.
     
  79. "5ESS Software: Switching Module Maintenance Software", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 187-206.
     
  80. "5ESS Software: Diagnostics", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 207-224.
     
  81. "5ESS Software: Simulation Environment", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 225- 246.
     
  82. "5ESS Software: Methods for Managing a Large Software Project", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 247-272.
     
  83. "5ESS Software: Trunk and Line Maintenance Software Architecture", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 273-290.
     
  84. "Planning for ISDN in the 5ESS Switch", ATTJ 65:1 Jan/Feb 1986 pgs 35-43.
     
  85. "The 5ESS Switch - Gateway to ISDN", ATT 1:1 1986 pgs 38-47.
     
  86. "Advanced 800 Service Goes International", ATT 1:1 1986 pgs 48-55.
     
  87. "An Overview of CCITT7 on the 5ESS International Switch: Level Interfaces", D.A. Greene and B.H. Hornbach, Software Engineering for Telecommunications Switching Systems, Proceedings of the Switch International Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, April 14-18, 1986.
     
  88. "5ESS Switch - Remote Switching Applications", NCF'86 pgs 976-982.
     
  89. "Implementation of ISDN on the 5ESS Switch", IJSAC SAC-4:8 Nov 1986 pgs 1262-1267.
     
  90. "Report: Optical Remoting from the 5ESS Switch", ATT 2:1 1987 pgs 20- 21.
     
  91. "5ESS Switch ISDN Services", ISS'87 paper A.5.1.
     
  92. "AT&T ISDN Architecture", ISS'87 paper A7.2.
     
  93. "Distributed Systems Tradeoffs", ISS'87 paper B1.1.
     
  94. "Software Development Environment for Large Switching Projects", ISS'87 paper B8.2.
     
  95. "Designing Quality Into 5ESS Switch Software", ATT 2:2 1987 pgs 50-55.
     
  96. "5ESS Switch Performance Metrics", ICC'87 paper 2.3.
     
  97. "Shake Your Moneymaker", Telephony 214:16 Apr 18 1988 pgs 16-17.
     
  98. "Time to Step Up CO Services", TE&M 93:6 Mar 15 1989 pgs 63-65.
     
  99. "AT&T's 5ESS Switch Makes ISDN Work", ATT 4:3 1989 pgs 12-19.
     
  100. "AT&T Reveals ACD Enhancements", Telephony 217:22 Nov 20 1989 pg 16.
     
  101. "AT&T 5ESS Switch Hardware Development Methodology: A Procedure for Ensuring Quality", ATTJ 70:2 Mar/Apr 1991 pgs 63-72.
     
  102. "Intelligent Network Platforms in the U.S.", ATTJ 70:3-4 Summer 1991 pgs 26-43.
     
  103. "The 5ESS Switch U.S. Market Front End Process", ATTJ 71:3 May/Jun 1992 pgs 8-14.
     
  104. "AT&T Launches First Switched DS-1", Telephony 222:26 Jun 29 1992 pg 12.
     
  105. "Global Teamwork: Developing International ISDN Capabilities for the 5ESS Switch", ATTJ 71:5 Sep/Oct 1992 pgs 24-29.
     
  106. "The 5ESS Wireless Mobile Switching Center", ATTJ 72:4 Jul/Aug 1993 pgs 38-47.
     
  107. "5ESS-2000 Switch: The Next Generation Switching System", ATTJ 72:5 Sep/Oct 1993 pgs 4-13.
     
  108. "The 5ESS-2000 Switch - Going Small and Country", ATTT 8:4 Winter 1993 pgs 24-29.
     
  109. "The 5ESS-2000 Switch: Exceeding Customer Expectations", ATTJ 73:6 Nov/Dec 1994 pgs 28-37.
     
  110. "Cellular and PCS Digital-Mobile-Services Switching Center", ATTJ 73:6 Nov/Dec 1994 pgs 55-61.
     
  111. "5ESS-2000 Switch Cellular Gateway", ATTJ 74:4 Jul/Aug 1995 pgs 85-93.
     
  112. "On-Site Data Evolution for a 5ESS Switch Retrofit", BLTJ 2:1 Winter 1997 pgs 65-73.
     
  113. "5ESS Packet Switched Network with ATM Interconnect for CDMA", BLTJ 2:2 Spring 1997 pgs 203-212.

Web Pages and Websites

  1. Wikipedia article "5ESS switch".