5.2.4 Iran Telecommunications Research Center

Research and development programs are conducted by ITRC. It puts itsengineering prototypes at the disposal of manufacturing centers. Thecenter's strategies were re-designed and its plans re-organized in 1994.In order to operate effectively as a research center oriented towardsadvanced and applied technologies, ITRC has focused its programs on thefollowing areas with the co-operation of universities and other researchcenters:

$\bullet$ Intelligent networks	$\bullet$ Optical networks
$\bullet$ ATM	$\bullet$ B-ISDN
$\bullet$ High capacity digital switching	$\bullet$ VSAT
$\bullet$ Security	$\bullet$ SDH technology
$\bullet$ Rural telecommunications telephony system

The technologies and production facilities used by ITRC in its activitiesare

• SMD technology
  
• Thick and thin film technology
  
• Computer aided engineering, design and manufacturing
  
• Automated measurement
  
• Support projects
  
• Computer services
  
• PCB design and manufacturing SMD circuits
  
• Design and production of mechanical parts for telecommunications equipment
  
• Application software for data networks and automation
  
• Optical switching
  
• Waveguide

According to its own data, ITRC has been developing methods andtechnologies for domestic application in the following fields since 1994:

$\bullet$ Digital switching		$\bullet$ Low capacity microwave radios
$\bullet$ Testers		$\bullet$ High capacity microwave radios, SDH
$\bullet$ Mobile telephony (GSM)		$\bullet$ Power suppliers
$\bullet$ PCM radio

ITRC's current research projects focus on the following fields:

• High-capacity digital exchanges
  
• ATM switching and intelligent networks' equipment
  
• ISDN
  
• Cellular telephone system (GSM)
  
• SDH microwave system
  
• Satellite communication systems
  
• Rural communication telephony systems
  
• 34 and 155 Mb/ S FOC terminals
  
• Multiplex equipment
  
• Provision of national standards in the field of telecommunications
  
• ATM in high capacity exchanges, satellite systems and fiber optics.

More details on ITRC are available on its web page at http://www.itrc.ac.ir .