From the above examples, we would like to remark that in modern telecommunication networks there must be a mechanism to establish a service as easily as possible; this fundamental mechanism is actually hidden from users. Also, it is a network on its own, with users (usually the real end users) and specific protocols 2 called signaling protocols, which will be discussed in detail in section 1.5.Finally, we consider the classification of telecommunication services according to their communication mode. Here we have interactive services and broadcast services. As far as the interactive services are concerned we can distinguish between:• conversational services, usually bidirectional, where there must be very little delay in delivering the information; consider, for example, a telephone call and how annoying a delay could be -it sometimes happens for internet-based calls or for calls using satellite communication links;