The aim of this book is to Evolution of telecommunications simple telephone communication manual switching system major telecommunication networks strowger switching system crossbar switching; Electronic Space Division Stored program control centralized SPC distributed SPC enhanced services two stage networks three stage network n-stage networks. Time Division Time multiplexed space switching time multiplexed time switching combination Switching three stage combination switching n-stage combination switching; Traffic Network traffic load and parameters grade of servic Ve and blocking probability modeling switching systems incoming traffic and service time characterization blocking models and loss estimates delay systems.