AT&T No. 5 Electronic Switching System (5ESS)
(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
Books
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EOBS2 pgs 414, 434-438, 459-460.
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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
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"No. 5 ESS Overview", ISS'81 paper 31A.1.
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"No. 5 ESS System Architecture", ISS'81 paper 31A.2.
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"No. 5 ESS Hardware Design", ISS'81 paper 31A.3.
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"No. 5 ESS Software Design", ISS'81 paper 31A.4.
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"3B Processor System", ISS'81.
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"No. 5 ESS - Versatile, Flexible, Forward Looking", BLR 59:9 Nov 1981
pgs 258-263.
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"No. 5 ESS - Serving the Present, Serving the Future", BLR Dec 1981
59:10 pgs 290-293.
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"No. 5 ESS: Bell's Local Digital Switch", TE&M Jan 1 1982 pgs 41-45.
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"Small Chip Blocks Large Voltages", BLR 60:4 Apr 1982 pgs 91-94.
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"Software Structure of No. 5 ESS - A Distributed Telephone Switching
System", ITC COM-30:6 Jun 1982 pgs 1379-1385.
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"No. 5 ESS Maintenance Software", ITC COM-30:6 Jun 1982 pgs 1386-1392.
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"Local Switching: On the Leading Edge of Technology", BLR 60:7 Sep
1982 pgs 181-184.
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"A Real-Time Database Management System for No. 5 ESS", BSTJ 61:9:2
Nov 1982 pgs 2423-2437.
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"The 5ESS Switching System: Robust and Ready for Change", BLR 61:5
May/Jun 1983 pgs 4-9.
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"A Form Management System for Switching Database Administration",
ICC'83 paper A4.1 (ODIN).
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"A Classic Case for Digital", Telephony Jun 20 1983 pgs 28-32.
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"Portability Smooths Way for New Processor", BLR 61:7 Sep 1983 pgs
16-24.
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"Goals for the Design of a Switching System", 4th WTF paper 1.3.6.
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"The Uncommon Family of 5ESS Switches Has a Lot in Common", BLR 61:9
Nov 1983 pgs 4-10.
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"Digital Feature Evolution in the 5ESS Digital Switch", GTC'83 paper
17.6.
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"Intelligent Network - More Services, Profits", TE&M 87:23 Dec 1 1983
pgs 124-126.
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"Multimodule and Local Toll - The Evolution Continues", BLR 62:1 Jan
1984 pgs 13-19.
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"Data-Base Administration for the 5ESS Switch: Flexible, Simple", BLR
62:4 Apr 1984 pgs 26-33.
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"Integrated Digital Services on the 5ESS System", ISS'84 paper 14A.3.
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"Customized Switching Systems", ISS'84 paper 14A.4.
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"Advances in Remote Switching Concepts", ISS'84 paper 33B.3.
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"5ESS System Evolution", ISS'84 paper 41A.1.
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"Operational Experience with the 5ESS Switch", ISS'84 paper 42A.4.
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"System Recovery Concepts in a Distributed Processing System", ICC'84
paper 17.8.
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"Concurrency Control and Transaction Management in the 5ESS Switch",
ICC'84 paper 25.6.
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"Money in the Memory Bank", BLR 62:5 May 1984 pgs 18-25.
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"'Big City' Switching Arrives in Small Towns", BLR 62:6 Aug 1984 pgs
10-15.
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Special issue of the Philips Telecommunication Review on the 5ESS-PRX
switch, PTR 42:3 Sep 1984.
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"A New Force in Telecommunications", PTR 42:3 Sep 1984 pgs 109-110.
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"5ESS-PRX Architecture", PTR 42:3 Sep 1984 pgs 111-131.
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"Network Planning with 5ESS-PRX", PTR 42:3 Sep 1984 pgs 132-147.
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"5ESS-PRX Software", PTR 42:3 Sep 1984 pgs 170-182.
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"3B20D Computer: Maintenance with a Mind of Its Own", BLR 62:7 Nov
1984 pgs 16-17, 20-21.
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"5ESS Switch Maintenance: Building on the Basics", BLR 62:7 Nov 1984
pgs 18-19, 21.
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"A Virtual Switching Machine for the 5ESS Switching System", GTC'84
session 6, p. 18.
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"Controlling the Network of the 5ESS Switching System", GTC'84 session
6, p. 18.
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"Interprocessor Message Switch for the 5ESS Switching System", GTC'84
session 21, p. 22.
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"A Hardware Independent Testing Environment for 5ESS Switching System
Software", GTC'84 session 38, p. 27.
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"The 5ESS System Development Environment", GTC'84 session 38, p. 27.
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"Software Test Facilities for 5ESS Switching System", GTC'84 session
38, p. 27.
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"The SLC 96 Subscriber Loop Carrier System: Integration With the 5ESS
Switching System", BLTJ 63:10:2 Dec 1984 pgs 2417-2437.
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"C&P Takes High Ground on Digital Battlefield", Telephony Dec 3 1984
pgs 48-52.
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"Big City Switching in Small Towns", Telephony Dec 3 1984 pgs 50-52.
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"Helping Switches to Account for Themselves", BLR 63:2 Mar 1985 pgs
16-22.
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"High Technology Matches High Growth", Telephony Apr 15 1985 pgs 42-
50.
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"New Voice and Data Features for Centrex", BLR 63:3 May 1985 pgs 4-9.
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"Electronic Twins Protect 5ESS Switch Operations", BLR 63:3 May 1985
pgs 22-26.
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"The Shape of Things to Come", TE&M Jun 1 1985 pg 130.
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"The Impact of Divestiture on 5ESS Switch Software", ICC'85 pgs 791-
794.
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Issue of the AT&T Technical Journal on the "5ESS Switching System",
ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985.
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"5ESS: Introduction", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1305-1314.
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"5ESS: Applications Planning", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1315-1337.
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"5ESS: Architectural Overview", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1339-
1356.
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"5ESS: Operational Software", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1357-1384.
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"5ESS: Maintenance Capabilities", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1385-
1416.
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"5ESS: Hardware Design", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1417-1437.
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"5ESS: Physical Design/Hardware", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1439-
1483.
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"5ESS: System Development Environment", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs
1485-1502.
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"5ESS: System Test, First-Office Application, and Early Field
Experience", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1503-1522.
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"5ESS: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance Capabilities", ATTJ
64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1523-1536.
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"5ESS: Factory System Testing", ATTJ 64:6:2 Jul-Aug 1985 pgs 1537-
1558.
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"New Network Management Software Helps Carriers Using 5ESS Switches
Keep Their Revenues Flowing", BLR 63:6 Nov 1985 pgs 29-33.
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Issue of the AT&T Technical Journal on "5ESS Switching System
Software", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986.
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"5ESS Software: Overview", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 1-26.
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"5ESS Software: Billing and Administrative Services", ATTJ 65:1 Jan
1986 pgs 27-46.
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"5ESS Software: Interactive Query and Data Update", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986
pgs 47-60.
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"5ESS Software: Database Management System", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs
61-80.
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"5ESS Software: Operating System Structure", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs
81-98.
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"5ESS Software: User Interface", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 99-114.
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"5ESS Software: Office Database Generation", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs
115-130.
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"5ESS Software: Call-Processing Software Structure", ATTJ 65:1 Jan
1986 pgs 131-152.
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"5ESS Software: Software Fault Detection and Recovery", ATTJ 65:1 Jan
1986 pgs 153-166.
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"5ESS Software: Network Control and Timing Maintenance Software", ATTJ
65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 167-186.
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"5ESS Software: Switching Module Maintenance Software", ATTJ 65:1 Jan
1986 pgs 187-206.
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"5ESS Software: Diagnostics", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 207-224.
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"5ESS Software: Simulation Environment", ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 225-
246.
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"5ESS Software: Methods for Managing a Large Software Project", ATTJ
65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 247-272.
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"5ESS Software: Trunk and Line Maintenance Software Architecture",
ATTJ 65:1 Jan 1986 pgs 273-290.
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"Planning for ISDN in the 5ESS Switch", ATTJ 65:1 Jan/Feb 1986 pgs
35-43.
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"The 5ESS Switch - Gateway to ISDN", ATT 1:1 1986 pgs 38-47.
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"Advanced 800 Service Goes International", ATT 1:1 1986 pgs 48-55.
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"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.
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"5ESS Switch - Remote Switching Applications", NCF'86 pgs 976-982.
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"Implementation of ISDN on the 5ESS Switch", IJSAC SAC-4:8 Nov 1986
pgs 1262-1267.
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"Report: Optical Remoting from the 5ESS Switch", ATT 2:1 1987 pgs 20-
21.
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"5ESS Switch ISDN Services", ISS'87 paper A.5.1.
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"AT&T ISDN Architecture", ISS'87 paper A7.2.
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"Distributed Systems Tradeoffs", ISS'87 paper B1.1.
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"Software Development Environment for Large Switching Projects",
ISS'87 paper B8.2.
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"Designing Quality Into 5ESS Switch Software", ATT 2:2 1987 pgs 50-55.
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"5ESS Switch Performance Metrics", ICC'87 paper 2.3.
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"Shake Your Moneymaker", Telephony 214:16 Apr 18 1988 pgs 16-17.
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"Time to Step Up CO Services", TE&M 93:6 Mar 15 1989 pgs 63-65.
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"AT&T's 5ESS Switch Makes ISDN Work", ATT 4:3 1989 pgs 12-19.
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"AT&T Reveals ACD Enhancements", Telephony 217:22 Nov 20 1989 pg 16.
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"AT&T 5ESS Switch Hardware Development Methodology: A Procedure for
Ensuring Quality", ATTJ 70:2 Mar/Apr 1991 pgs 63-72.
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"Intelligent Network Platforms in the U.S.", ATTJ 70:3-4 Summer 1991
pgs 26-43.
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"The 5ESS Switch U.S. Market Front End Process", ATTJ 71:3 May/Jun 1992
pgs 8-14.
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"AT&T Launches First Switched DS-1", Telephony 222:26 Jun 29 1992 pg 12.
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"Global Teamwork: Developing International ISDN Capabilities for the 5ESS
Switch", ATTJ 71:5 Sep/Oct 1992 pgs 24-29.
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"The 5ESS Wireless Mobile Switching Center", ATTJ 72:4 Jul/Aug 1993 pgs
38-47.
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"5ESS-2000 Switch: The Next Generation Switching System", ATTJ 72:5 Sep/Oct
1993 pgs 4-13.
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"The 5ESS-2000 Switch - Going Small and Country", ATTT 8:4 Winter 1993 pgs
24-29.
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"The 5ESS-2000 Switch: Exceeding Customer Expectations", ATTJ 73:6 Nov/Dec
1994 pgs 28-37.
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"Cellular and PCS Digital-Mobile-Services Switching Center", ATTJ 73:6
Nov/Dec 1994 pgs 55-61.
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"5ESS-2000 Switch Cellular Gateway", ATTJ 74:4 Jul/Aug 1995 pgs 85-93.
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"On-Site Data Evolution for a 5ESS Switch Retrofit", BLTJ 2:1 Winter 1997
pgs 65-73.
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"5ESS Packet Switched Network with ATM Interconnect for CDMA", BLTJ 2:2
Spring 1997 pgs 203-212.
Web Pages and Websites
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Wikipedia article "5ESS switch".