Special Issue on Photonic Switching Technologies
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 . FOREWORD ......................................................... 95
        Jun-ichi MIZUSAWA

INVITED PAPERS
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 . Impact of Photonic Technology on the Future Communication ........ 96
        Hiroaki TERADA

 . Ultra Optoelectronic Devices for Photonic ATM Switching Systems with
   Tera-bits/sec Throughput ........................................ 100
        Takeshi OZEKI

 . Photonic Space-Division Switching Technologies for Broadband
   Networks ........................................................ 110
        Masahiko FUJIWARA and Tsuyotake SAWANO

 . Overview of Photonic Switching Systems Using Time-Division and
   Wavelength-Division Multiplexing ................................ 119
        Koso MURAKAMI and Satoshi KUROYANAGI

 . Recent Free-Space Photonic Switches ............................. 128
        Masayasu YAMAGUCHI and Ken-ichi YUKIMATSU

PAPERS
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 . RookNet: A Switching Network for High Speed Communication ....... 139
        Yuji OIE, Yasuhito SASAKI and Hideo MIYAHARA

 . Comparison of a Novel Photonic Frequency-Based Switching Network
   with Similar Architectures ...................................... 147
        Hans-Hermann WITTE

 . Photonic Inter-Module Connector Using 8�~8 Optical Switches for
   Near-Future Electronic Switching Systems ........................ 155
        Akira HIMENO, Ryo NAGASE, Toshio ITO, Kunikaru KATO and
        Masayuki OKUNO

 . Analog Free-Space Optical Switch Structure Based on Cascaded Beam
   Shifters ........................................................ 163
        Masayasu YAMAGUCHI, Tohru MATSUNAGA, Seiiti SHIRAI and Ken-ichi
        YUKIMATSU

 . A Proposal of a New Photonic FDM Switching System FAPS --Frequency
   Assign Photonic Switching System-- .............................. 174
        Tadahiko YASUI and Aritomo UEMURA

 . Demand Assign Wavelength Division Multiple Access (DA-WDMA) Hybrid
   Optical Local Area Network Using Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers .. 184
        Takahiro SHIOZAWA, Seigo TAKAHASHI, Masahiro EDA, Akifumi Paulo
        YAZAKI and Masahiko FUJIWARA

 . A Modular Tbit/s TDM-WDM Photonic ATM Switch Using Optical Output
   Buffers ......................................................... 190
        Wen De ZHONG, Yoshihiro SHIMAZU, Masato TSUKADA and Kenichi
        YUKIMATSU

 . Electrocapillarity Optical Switch ............................... 197
        Makoto SATO

 . 8�~8 Ti: LiNbO3 Waveguide Digital Optical Switch Matrix ......... 204
        Hideaki OKAYAMA and Masato KAWAHARA

 . Supply and Removal Characteristics of Oil in Optical Waveguide for
   Automated Optical Main-Distributing-Frame System ................ 209
        Naoyuki TAMARU, Mitsuhiro MAKIHARA, Shuichiro INAGAKI, Akira
        NAGAYAMA and Kunihiko SASAKURA

Regular Section
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PAPERS
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[Communication Networks and Services]

 . The Capacity Comparison and Cost Analyses for SONET Self-Healing
   Ring Networks ................................................... 218
        Ching-Chir SHYUR, Ying-Ming WU and Chun-Hsien CHEN

[Communication Terminal and Equipment]

 . Eye-Contact Technique Using a Blazed Half-Transparent Mirror (BHM)
            ........................................................ 226
        Makoto KURIKI, Hitoshi ARAI, Kazutake UEHIRA and Shigenobu
        SAKAI

 . Seamless Image-Connection Technique for a Multiple-Sensor Camera  232
        Kazutake UEHIRA and Kazumi KOMIYA

[Antennas and Propagation]

 . Ice Depolarization Characteristics on Ka-Band Satellite-to-Ground
   Path in Stratus Type Rainfall Events ............................ 239
        Yasuyuki MAEKAWA, Nion Sock CHANG and Akira MIYAZAKI

[Electronic and Radio Applications]

 . Study on Snow Attaching to the TACAN Antenna .................... 248
        Yoshihiko KUWAHARA, Naohito OSHIDA, Yoshihiko MATSUZAWA and
        Mitsuo KATO

 . Application of DBF Technique to Radar Systems ................... 256
        Shin'ichi TAKEYA, Mitsuyoshi SHINONAGA, Yoshitaka SASAKI,
        Hiroshi MIYAUCHI, Masanori MATSUMURA and Tasuku MOROOKA

LETTERS
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[Communication Networks and Services]

 . A Study on Customer Complaint Handling System ................... 261
        Masashi ICHINOSE and Hiroshi TOKUNAGA

[Communication Theory]

 . Channel-Grouping Methods on Go-Back-N ARQ Scheme in
   Multiple-Parallel-Channel System ................................ 265
        Chun-Xiang CHEN, Masaharu KOMATSU and Kozo KINOSHITA

[Electronic and Radio Applications]

 . Development of I/Q Sampling Technology .......................... 270
        Takuya WADA, Shin'ichi TAKEYA, Mitsuyoshi SHINONAGA, Hiroshi
        MIYAUCHI, Masanori MATSUMURA and Tasuku MOROOKA

 . Errata (Vol.E76-B, No.12 Paper: H.SHIRAI and K.HIRAYAMA) ........ 280
 . ABSTRACTS (Trans. IEICE, Vol.J77-B-I, Vol.J77-B-II, No.2 in
   Japanese) ....................................................... 273
 . IEICE TECHNICAL REPORTS/CONTENTS ................................ 276
        * This contents of IEICE Technical Reports will be discontinued
        from the April issue, 1994.