Special Issue on Distributed Architecture for Next Generation Communication
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Networks
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 . FOREWORD ....................................................... 1285
        Jun-ichi MIZUSAWA

INVITED PAPERS
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 . Flexible Networks: Basic Concepts and Architecture ............. 1287
        Norio SHIRATORI, Kenji SUGAWARA, Tetsuo KINOSHITA and Goutam
        CHAKRABORTY

PAPERS
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 . Telecommunication Service Software Architecture for Next-Generation
   Networks ....................................................... 1295
        Nicolas RAGUIDEAU, Katsumi MARUYAMA and Minoru KUBOTA

 . Distributed Control Architecture for Advanced Telecommunications
   Services ....................................................... 1304
        Shiro TANABE, Yukiko TAKEDA and Tohru TAKESUE

 . Implementation Model and Execution Environment for Flexible
   Configuration of Telecommunication Information Systems ......... 1312
        Masato MATSUO and Yoshitsugu KONDO

 . Stepwise Refinement of Communications Service Specifications for
   Conforming to a Functional Model ............................... 1322
        Akira TAKURA and Tadashi OHTA

 . To-be-IN: Object-Oriented Telecommunications Services Testbed System
            ....................................................... 1332
        Koji HINO, Hideaki TANI, Kenji TAKEDA, Shin'ichi ISHIHARA and
        Takeshi NISHIDA

 . A Communication Network Control Architecture to Integrate Service
   Control and Management ......................................... 1342
        Masaaki WAKAMOTO, Moo Wan KIM, Kenichi FUKUDA and Koso MURAKAMI

 . Distributed Communications System Technology ................... 1350
        Keiichi KOYANAGI, Hiroshi SUNAGA, Tetsuyasu YAMADA, Makoto
        TOMURA and Nobuaki KURIHARA

 . Towards Flexible Communications Management for Multimedia Multipoint
   Communications ................................................. 1363
        Yasuhiro KATSUBE

 . Data-Cyclic Shared Memory (DCSM) in Distributed Environments ... 1372
        Hiroyuki YAMASHITA

 . A Job Dependent Dispatching Scheme in a Heterogeneous Multiserver
   Network ........................................................ 1380
        Tsuyoshi OHTA, Takashi WATANABE and Tadanori MIZUNO

 . Implementation and Evaluation of MHS Parallel Processing ....... 1388
        Yuuji KOUI, Shoichiro SENO, Toshitane YAMAUCHI, Michihiro
        ISHIZAKA and Kazunori KOTAKA

 . A Design Method of Distributed Telecommunication System Based on the
   ODP Viewpoint Approach ......................................... 1398
        Masahiko FUJINAGA, Toshihiko KATO and Kenji SUZUKI

 . Evaluation of High Speed Multimedia Communication Architecture in
   ATM Networks ................................................... 1407
        Hiroshi ESAKI, Yoshiyuki TSUDA and Kumiko KANAI

 . Design Requirements and Architectures for Multicast ATM Switching
            ....................................................... 1420
        Wen De ZHONG and Kenichi YUKIMATSU

 . A Cost-Effective Network for Very Large ATM Cross-Connects --The
   Delta Network with Expanded Middle Stages-- .................... 1429
        Takashi SHIMIZU and Hiroaki KUNIEDA

 . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J77-B-I, J77-B-II, No.11 in Japanese)
            ....................................................... 1437