DOCUMENT RESUME ED 233 671 IR 010 710 AUTHOR Wedemeyer, Dan J., Ed. TITLE Pacific Telecommunications Council Conference. Papers and Proceedings of a Conference (Honolulu, Hawaii, January 7-9, 1980). INSTITUTION Army Research Office, Durham, N.C.; National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 80 NOTE 1,061p. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) -- Viewpoints (120) -- Reports - General (140) EDRS PRICE MF08/PC43 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS DeIeloped Nations; *Developing Nations; Electronic Equipment; Futures (of Society); Information Networks; Legal Problems; *Regional Planning; Social Influences; Standards; *Technological Advancement; *Technology Transfer; *Telecommunications IDENTIFIERS Distance Teaching; *Pacific Region; Pacific Telecommunications Council; World Administrative Radio Conference ABSTRACT The 106 conference papers in this collection contain the thoughts and concerns of telecommunications carriers, suppliers, users, researchers, and government and professional groups. These papers were presented at a conference organized by the Pacific Telecommunications Council, an independent, voluntary-membership organization dedicated to the beneficial development and use of telecommunications in the Pacific Ocean Region, an area with enormous diversity of language and culture. Papers are categorized by 28 topic areas: computer communication analysis, geographic isolation, evolving trends in communication networks, regulatory and spectrum issues, information retrieval in the home, satellite communications, packet switched networks, telecommunications policy in developed countries, Hawaii's electronics industries, examples of computer communications networks, the 1979 World Administration Radio Conference (MARC), the evolution of information delivery systems for home and business, issues in open systems architecture, legal issues, Pacific telecommunications, computers in scientific networks, telecommunications and economic development in developing countries, communications systems, fiber optic systems, satellites for the Pacific, new telecommunications services, telecommunications planning, social and technical telecommunications futures, United States international telecommunications policy making, educational telecommunications, and pricing telecommunications services. Most papers include abstracts and references. (LMM) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** US, DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE Of EDUCATION EDUCA "IONAL RESOURCES iNfORMATIOR C$Nike SERIC1 A One ece mere has been oepooducea Is 40Inved hem the person or olpintrelion irpnaling it Motor thionOet have been awls to enprove 112....eixt.Sr. 11140 kennel v.ew or opinions stated on those:Wu men/ do not neOISseree represent olleeni WE pet' On a. peke 1-41 ( PIN PIN PACIFIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE cv c) Papers and Proceedings of a Conference Isi held January 7-9, 1980, at the llikai Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii Edited by DAN J. WEDEMEYER , "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS Published by MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Pacific Telecommunications Conference Richard 3. Barber 1980 k.., t; TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES /I INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." Published by: Pacific Telecommunications Conference '80 2424 Mai le Way * 704 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 U.S.A. Additional copies may be obtained by sending $45.00 (U.S.) to PTC '80 at the above address. Price includes surface mail and handling. This conference was held with partial support from the National Science Foundation Sand the U.S. Army Research Office. However, any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of these agencies. 3 FOREWORD It is with great pleasure that I presgmt this PTC'80 volume of papers that address many of the key problems and promises of telecommunication in the Pacific. PTC '80 is, we hope, an improved version of PTC 79. Last year's conference attracted more than 300 telecommunication professionals from 18 nations and 23 U.S. States. During that two-day conference twenty workshops were convened to address topics ranging from highly technical digital systems to social telecommunication policy. This year more than thirty workshops will address equally broad and interesting topics over a three-day period. The purpose of PTC '80 is to continue the open dialog established by PIC79. It is only by maintaining an open and non-oolitical discussion that diverse cultural and human needs and rights can be served by emerging telecommunication services. This volume contains the thoughts and concerns of telecommunication carriers, suppliers. users, researchers, as well as government and professional groups. We have published the proceedings prior to the conference in order to facilitate previewing of written materials prior to session presentations. The materials in this volume have been arranged to parallel the chronological format of the conference. The first day sessions are indicated by the number one followed by a letter denoting each individual topic area second day sessions are indicated by the number two, etc. in order to facilitate interaction we have provided a "question/notes" section for the keynote addresses and each session. On behalf of the PTC '80 Conference organizers and sponsors. I wish to express heartiest thanks and warmest aloha to all who have contributed to this volume. Dan J, Wedemeyer Editor. P rC '80 .' CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION Conference Director Richard J. Barber, Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2424 Mails Way *704 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Telephone: (808) 948-7879 Telex 634134 Conference Co-Chairmen Norman Abramson, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 David Horton, Director, Computer Communications Development Hawaiian Telephone Company P.O. Box 2200 Honolulu, Hawaii 96841 Jack Lyle, Director, East-West Communication Institute 1777 East-West Road Honolulu, Hawaii 96848 PROGRAM AREA CHAIRPERSONS ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND REGULATION Chaired by Marcellus Snow, Departrr ont of Economics, University of Hawaii, Manoa PACIFIC ISSUES, PLANS AND DEVELOPMENT Chaired by Rcbert Engiebardt, Hawaiian Telephone Company, Honolulu, Hawaii SOCIAL PLANNING AND POLiCY Chaired by Syed Rahim, East-West Communication Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING Chaired by Herman Hu, Hawaiian Telephone Company, Honolulu, Hawaii DATA COMMUNICATIONS Chaired by E. J. Weldon, Jr., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Manoa DISPLAYS AND DEMONSTRATIONS Chaired by Karen Ah Mal, Ah Mai Hahn & Associates PTC '80 SPONSORS Communications Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Department of Planning and Economic Development, State of Hawaii East-West Communicatic-i Institute, East-West Center Hawaii Tele-Communications Association Hawaiian Telephone Company Public Service Satellite Consortium University of Hawaii-Manoa 5 Table of Content Page Foreword Organization, Program Chairperson and Sponsors ii Table of Contents Iii Keynote Addressee: Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Prime Minister of Fiji "Telecommunications in the Pacific" 1 Santiago Astrain, Director General of INTELSAT "A New Decade for INTELSAT and the Pacific" 2 Computer Communication Analysis "High Speed Digital and Analog Parallel Transmission Techniques over Single Telephone Channel" 1A-1 F. Akashi, Y. Sato and M. Eguchi "A New Algorithm for Symbolic Reliability Analysis of Computer Communication Networks" 1A-11 A. Grnarov, L Kleinrock and M. Ger lin "Buffer Behavior for Binomial Input and Random Server Interruption" 1A-20 N. Malaviya and A.V. Reddi "On The Capacity of One-Hop Aloha Pocket Radio Networks with Adjustable Transmission Power" 1A-25 J. Silvester and L. Kleinrock "Message-Based Priority Functions in Multiaccess Broadcast Communication Systems with a Carrier Sense Capability' I A-33 F. Tobagi 1 13: Geographic Isolation: Are Satellites the Only Answer? "Satellite Communication in the Pacific Islands Status and Strategies" 113-1 H.E. Hudson "Pacific Island Satellite Communications The Present Situation and Some Future Possibilities" 1B-10 M. Balderston "Appropriate Technologies and Rural Communication in Papua New Guinea" 113-20 L.J. Carter 1C: Evolving Trends in Communication Networks "Planning the State of Alaska Telecommunication System" 10.1 SP. Browne "A Multiservice Local Communication System" 1C-9 D.J. Gray "A MicroprocessorBased Multilingual Telex System with Phonetically Coded Keyboarding" 1019 S.G. Krishnamoorthy "Private vs. Public international Networks: Coexistence orAnnihilation?" 1C-32 P.A. Tenkhoff 1 D: Regulatory and Spectrum Issues "A Model of Mobile to Television Interference" 1D-1 J.deMercado, G. van der Maas and J. Da Silva {) 4 "Biased Investment Decisions in International Telecommunications" 1D-12 N.C. Lerner "Spectrum Management: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow' 10-22 J.J. Talbott "An Overview of Transborder Data Flow Issues" 10-31 R. Turn 1E: information Retrieval in the Home "Videotex Impact on Local Network" 1E-1 D.M. Berry 1F: Satellite Communications "The Pelage System in Regional Telecommunication Development ". 1F-1 W.M. Mangoendiprodjo "Achieving Appropriate Satellite Services in the Pacific Islands" 1F-16 J.P. Witherspoon 1G: Packet Switched Networks (I) "Large Scale