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Communications Systems/Network
September 1999 • Issue No. 45 • Volume XIII • Number 2
Table of Contents
Introduction: Three Telecommunications Pipelines (Bellhouse)

PB’s Capabilities in Telecommunications

Perspectives: PB Reaches Out (Cintron, Euler)

Communicating with Light: Past, Present and Future (Blanton)

Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Special Feature Section

Network Planning and Development

Right-of-Way and Land Acquisition Challenges for Long-Haul Fiber Installation (Devens)

Outrunning the Plow Train: Permitting Strategies for the Telecommunications Industry (Bowen)

GIS Data Dictionary for Fiber-Optic Cable Systems (Blanchard, Bodi)

Orthophotography: A Better Way to Design the Running Line (Ginther)

Bridge Hanger Attachments for Fiber-Optic Cables (Blanchard)

Shared Resources for Telecommunications: A Lucrative Success Story in Colorado (Curtis)

State-Wide Integrated Telecommunications Network for Colorado Department of Transportation (Brown, Curtis)

Design Considerations for a SONET-Based ITS Network (Anderson)

Cellular Sites for Southwestern Bell (Houser)

Advanced Communications in Transportation

Telecommunications Control of Transit Station Fare Gates (Schmid)

Upgrading MARTA’s Transit Radio Communications (Legg)

Premises Wiring: Designing the Infrastructure of an Information Network (Kelly)

Designing Up-to-Date Telephone Switch Networks (Maurer)

Advanced Closed Circuit Television Technologies for Mass Transit (Stong)

Wavelength Division Multiplexing Solves Fiber Capacity Problem (Albert)

Seattle’s King County Metro Smart Bus (Woolley, Scheibe)

Hungary’s M3 Motorway Opens with State-of-the-Art Communication Systems (Edge, McWilliams)

The Eyes of ITS (Pugh)

Communications in Public and Private Industry

Communications in Public and Private Industry: Introduction(Matsuda)

Telemetry and Forecasting Systems for Managing Rivers and the Environment (Knott)

Satellite Alarm Field Evaluation Trials (Hewat)

Full Disciplinary Design Services for the Ministry of Defence Fixed Telecommunications Systems (Chilcott)

Resilient Telecommunications for Dubai’s Power SCADA System (Skelton)

Optical Fibre Communication System for Onshore Oil and Gas Production Field (Mak)

Internet-Based Communication Tools

PB and the Internet: A World of Opportunity (Eberhard)

FWW 2000 Leads the Way in Internet Technology (Christopher)

Designing Great Graphics for the Web... (Alexander)

The Internet, E-Commerce, E-Business, E-Projects and You (Gallagher)

Departments

Networking

GPS: A Utility for the 21st Century (Hammoudeh)

1998/99 William Barclay Parsons Fellowship Finalists (Brenner)

PB Technotes: Better Storm Sewers 1-2-3: Optimal (?) Drainage Design Using Spreadsheets (Froehlich)

Application of HV Insulation Coordination Techniques to DC Railway Systems (Polimak, Jhutty, Fraser)

Better Business Through Technology: They Are Here Now: The Global Brain, Technology Train and More (Cipolloni)

COMPUTER TUTOR: Microsoft Briefs and More Microsoft Briefs (Beebe, Crawford)

THE NET VIEW: Fred Retires (Brenner)

Index

Lessons Learned: Base Mapping Resources (Sanford)

In Future Issues

Call for Articles

Editorial Staff

Cover Page


NOTE: This issue of PB Network contains an unusually high number of abbreviations and acronyms. Instead of spelling out each one, we have defined them in the glossary.

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