Special Issue on Optical Access Networks toward Life Enhancement
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 . FOREWORD ........................................................ 883
        Ichirou YAMASHITA, Chang-Joon CHAE, Naohisa KOMATSU, Junsuke
        KUSANAGI, Kenji OKADA, Michisuke SHINODAIRA, Shigeyuki UNAGAMI,
        Ryozo YAMAUCHI, and Etsugo YONEDA

INVITED PAPER
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 . Optical Access Networks Evolving toward Multimedia Information
   Environment ..................................................... 885
        Tetsuya MIKI

PAPERS
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 . Regional Community Network System ............................... 890
        Norihisa OHTA, Masato MORISAKI, and Hisao TSUJI

 . Prospect of Multimedia Network .................................. 899
        Nagahiko NANKAKU and Mikio YAMASHITA

 . An Experimental Field Trial of PON Based Digital CATV Network ... 904
        Sung-Soo KANG, Hyo-Joong KIM, Young-Yun CHUN, and Man-Seop LEE

 . Economical Transition Scenarios for Access Networks Providing Video
   Services ........................................................ 909
        Hideki NOJIRI, Hideo IMANAKA, and Norio KUMAHARA

 . Performance Analysis of Optical Synchronous PPM/CDMA Systems with
   Interference Canceller Under Number-State Light Field ........... 915
        Yoshinobu GAMACHI, Tomoaki OHTSUKI, Hideyuki UEHARA, and Iwao
        SASASE

 . High-Speed Optical Fiber Networks Using Code-Division Multiple
   Access for Future Real-Time Computer Communications ............. 923
        Jian-Guo ZHANG

 . Coax/Fiber Hybrid Access Network for Microcellular Personal
   Communication Systems ........................................... 932
        Hanwook JUNG and Ozan K.TONGUZ

LETTERS
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 . Marker Alignment Method for Passive Laser Coupling on Silicon
   Waferboard ...................................................... 939
        Seimi SASAKI, Gohji NAKAGAWA, Kazuhiro TANAKA, Kazunori MIURA,
        and Mitsuhiro YANO

 . Passive Coupling of a Single Mode Optical Waveguide and a Laser
   Diode/Waveguide Photodiode for a WDM Transceiver Module ......... 943
        Shinji TSUJI, Ryuta TAKAHASHI, Takeshi KATO, Fumihiko UCHIDA,
        Satoru KIKUCHI, Toshinori HIRATAKA, Masato SHISHIKURA, Hiroaki
        OKANO, Tsuneo SHIOTA, and Satoshi AOKI

Regular Section
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PAPERS
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[Communication Networks and Services]

 . Usage Parameter Control in ATM Networks by Solving CDV Problem at
   UNI ............................................................. 946
        Fang-Jang KUO and Jung-Shyr WU

[Communication Software]

 . Completing Protocols Synthesized from Service Specifications .... 953
        Akira TAKURA and Atsushi KANAI

[Communication Theory]

 . Constructing Quasi-Optimum GMW and M-Sequence Subfamilies with
   Minimized System Bit Error Rate ................................. 963
        Xiao Hua CHEN, Tao LANG, and Juhani OKSMAN

[Measurement and Metrology]

 . RCS Fluctuation Reduction in High-Resolution Radar .............. 974
        Toshiharu ITOH and Hachiro SUEDA

LETTER
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[Communication Systems and Transmission Equipment]

 . An Incoherent Direct-Conversion Receiver with a Full Digital Logic
   FSK Demodulator ................................................. 978
        Sang Yun LEE, Chan Geun YOON, and Choong Woong LEE

 . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J79-B-I, J79-B-II, No.7 in Japanese)
            ........................................................ 982