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AT&T 555-025-201

DEFINITY® Communications System

Network and Data Connectivity

CONTENTS

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ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

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PREREQUISITE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION

HOW TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

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1. INTRODUCTION TO CONNECTIVITY

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TRANSMISSION TYPES

ANALOG TRANSMISSION

DIGITAL TRANSMISSION

ANALOG VS. DIGITAL

TRANSMISSION STATES

VOICE TRANSMISSION

Entering the Switch

Exiting the Switch

DATA TRANSMISSION

Protocol Layers

Protocols Used

Protocol States

Connectivity Rules

MULTIPLEXED COMMUNICATION

TYPES OF MULTIPLEXING

Frequency-Division Multiplexing

Time-Division Multiplexing

Statistical Multiplexing

MULTIPLEXING OVER DS1 FACILITIES

Line Coding

Signal Inversion

Framing

Signaling

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MULTIPLEXING OUTSIDE THE SWITCH

Multiplexing onto T1 Trunks

Compressing the Signal

Altering Channel Assignments on T1 Trunks

Getting the Signal Ready for the Central Office

Changing the Transmission Medium from Metallic to Fiber-Optic

Multiplexing with Microwave

Demultiplexing

STATISTICAL MULTIPLEXING

TRUNKING

APPLICATION

Local Exchange Trunks

Tie Trunks

Special-Access Trunks

Auxiliary Trunks

Miscellaneous Trunks

CONNECTIVITY

ADMINISTRATION OPTIONS

System 85/G2 Administration

System 75/G1 Administration

DS1 Options

INTERFACE CIRCUIT

TRUNK TABLES

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2. COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NETWORKING — AN OVERVIEW

2-1

TYPES OF NETWORKS

NETWORK EVOLUTION

SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES

Basic Networking Software

Main-Satellite/Tributary Software — The UDP and Multipremises Packages

Electronic Tandem Network Software — The PNA and ETN (Standard Network) Packages

Distributed Communications System

NETWORK CALL PROCESSING

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Internal Dial Plan

Auxiliary Call Information

Automatic Alternate Routing

Automatic Route Selection

NETWORK ADMINISTRATION

PRIVATE NETWORK TRUNKS

NETWORKING FEATURE PARAMETERS

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2-10

2-11

2-14

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3. TANDEM TIE TRUNK NETWORKS

3-1

INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER NETWORKS

3-1

4. MAIN-SATELLITE/TRIBUTARY (MS/T) NETWORKS THROUGH THE UDP OR

 

MULTIPREMISES PACKAGES

4-1

MS/T CONFIGURATIONS

Main-Satellite Configuration

Main-Tributary Configuration

MS/T FEATURES

Routing Incoming Calls

Routing Outgoing Calls

Other Routing Capabilities

ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS

INTERACTIONS

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5. ELECTRONIC TANDEM NETWORK (ETN) THROUGH THE ETN AND PNA

 

PACKAGES

5-1

ETN CONFIGURATIONS

ETN TRUNKS

Access and Bypass Access Tie Trunks

Off-Net Trunks

FEATURES

Uniform Numbering Plan

Automatic Alternate Routing

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Automatic Route Selection

ETN INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER NETWORKS

Extension Number Portability Clusters

Software-Defined Network

Release Link Trunk Networks — CAS and ACD

Distributed Communications System Clusters

Main-Satellite/Tributary Networks

ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS

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6. DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (DCS)

6-1

DCS CLUSTERS

6-2

DCS LINKS

6-2

Tie Trunks

6-3

Signaling Links

6-3

DCS SIGNALING LINK CONNECTIONS

6-8

System 75 or Generic 1 (G1) to System 75 or G1

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System 85 or Generic 2 (G2) to System 85 or G2

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System 75 or Generic 1 (G1) to System 85 or Generic 2 (G2)

6-12

DIMENSION Signaling Links

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TRANSPARENT FEATURES

6-14

Transparent Attendant Features

6-14

Transparent Voice Terminal Features

6-17

Audio Information Exchange (AUDIX) Features Transparency

6-19

ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS

6-21

ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERATIONS

6-23

7. DATA CONNECTIVITY — AN OVERVIEW

7-1

DATA COMMUNICATIONS VARIABLES

Communications Protocols

Analog vs. Digital

Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

Simplex vs. Half-Duplex vs. Full-Duplex

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Parallel vs. Serial

Transmission Speed

Type of Communications Channel

SPECIAL DATA FEATURES

Terminal Dialing

Data Call Setup From a Voice Terminal

Computer Dialing

Data Hot Line

Data Protection

Data Privacy

Data Restriction

Data Only Off-Premises Extension

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8. DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES

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DTE CONNECTIONS

DTE COMPATIBILITY

Protocol Converters

Terminal Emulators

PC/PBX or PC/ISDN

DCE POSSIBILITIES

Data Modules

ADUs

Modems

DATA MODULE CHARACTERISTICS

MODEM POOLING CONNECTIONS

LOCAL AREA NETWORK CONNECTIONS

LAN TOPOLOGY

LAN PROTOCOL

LAN TRANSMISSION MEDIA

LAN CONNECTORS

ADVANTAGES OF A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN A LAN ENVIRONMENT

Communication Between the LAN and Outside DTEs

Communication Between the LAN and Other Networks

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The Communication System as a LAN Backup

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DATA NETWORK CONNECTIONS

PUBLIC DATA NETWORKS

Packet-Switched Public Data Networks

Circuit-Switched Public Data Networks

PRIVATE DATA NETWORKS

Terrestrial Private Data Network Links

Satellite Private Data Network Links

TELEMARKETING HOST CONNECTIONS

THE ISDN GATEWAY

THE INTEGRATED TELEMARKETING GATEWAY

DATA NETWORK ADMINISTRATION

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9. DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONFIGURATIONS

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DSC AND PSC CONNECTIONS

SNA NODE CONNECTIONS

CONNECTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC OR PRIVATE DATA NETWORKS

File Transfers

Video Teleconferencing

Image Processing

FAX Transmittal

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A. RELATED DOCUMENTS

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B. SYNCHRONIZATION OF DIGITAL FACILITIES

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THE NEED FOR SYNCHRONIZATION

SYNCHRONIZATION HIERARCHY

CHANGES TO THE SCS SOFTWARE MADE AVAILABLE VIA SOFTWARE PATCHES

NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION AND ENGINEERING

AVAILABILITY OF SYNCHRONIZATION SOURCES

CONCLUSIONS ON SYNCHRONIZATION

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USE OF GENERIC 2 AS A SYSTEM CLOCK REFERENCE

USE OF GENERIC 1 AS A SYSTEM CLOCK REFERENCE

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C. TRUNKING TERMS AND CAPABILITIES

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D. COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS

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OSI MODEL

STANDARD PROTOCOLS

AT&T PROTOCOLS

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D-5

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E. LEAD DEFINITIONS

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F. NETWORKING FEATURES——AVAILABILITY MATRIX

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ABBREVIATIONS

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GLOSSARY

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INDEX

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LIST OF FIGURES

 

Figure 1-1.

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

1-4

Figure 1-2.

Transmission States for Voice Communication

1-8

Figure 1-3.

Transmission States for Data Transmission

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Figure 1-4.

Time Slot

1-17

Figure 1-5.

Alternating Mark Inversion

1-19

Figure 1-6.

Example of B8ZS Line Coding

1-20

Figure 1-7.

D4 Framing

1-24

Figure 1-8.

The Extended Super Frame

1-26

Figure 1-9.

T1 Trunk Multiplexing

1-30

Figure 1-10.

Possible Multiplexed Connections

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Figure 1-11.

Statistical Multiplexing

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Figure 2-1.

Internal Dial Plan Interactions

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Figure 2-2.

AAR Processing

2-12

Figure 2-3.

ARS Processing

2-15

Figure 4-1.

Standalone MS/T Network

4-1

Figure 4-2.

MS/T Coordinated Numbering

4-3

Figure 4-3.

Dialing Patterns From Tributary or Satellite to Main

4-5

Figure 4-4.

Dialing Patterns From Main to Satellite or Tributary

4-5

Figure 4-5.

Dialing Patterns From Main to Tandem

4-6

Figure 4-6.

Dialing Patterns From Satellite or Tributary to Tandem

4-6

Figure 5-1.

Typical 2-Level Hierarchical Electronic Tandem Network (ETN)

 

 

Configuration

5-3

Figure 5-2.

An Example of Intermachine Tie Trunk Usage (Overflow Routing)

5-4

Figure 5-3.

Private Network Uniform Numbering Plan

5-7

Figure 5-4.

Extension Number Portability Cluster Using Common RNXs

5-8

Figure 5-5.

Feasible ETN/SDN Configuration

5-10

Figure 5-6.

Call Flow SDN - to - ETN

5-11

Figure 5-7.

Call Flow ETN - to - SDN

5-12

Figure 5-8.

Centralized Attendant Service

5-13

Figure 6-1.

Distributed Communications System (DCS) Cluster

6-1

Figure 6-2.

Internally Connected DCS Signaling Channel Over a DS1

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Figure 6-3. Direct Link DCS Connections

Figure 6-4. Minimized Link Connections

Figure 6-5. DCIU/PI Linkage in a DCS Cluster

Figure 6-6. Short Haul Analog Signaling: System 75/G1 to System 75/G1 Via DSU Figure 6-7. Long Haul Analog Signaling: System 75/G1 to System 75/G1 Via Modem Figure 6-8. Long Haul Digital Signaling: System 75/G1 to System 75/G1 Via AVD DS1 Figure 6-9. Long Haul Digital Signaling: System 75/G1 to System 75/G1 Via ISDN PRI

Figure 6-10. Short Haul Digital Signaling: System 75/G1 to System 75/G1 — Direct Via MPDM or MTDM

Figure 6-11. Short Haul Analog Signaling: System 85/G2 to System 85/G2 Via DSU Figure 6-12. Long Haul Analog Signaling: System 85/G2 to System 85/G2 Via Modem Figure 6-13. Long Haul Digital Signaling: System 85/G2 to System 85/G2 Via ISDN PRI

Figure 6-14. Short Haul Analog Signaling: System 85/G2 to System 85/G2 — Direct Via IDI (Isolating Data Interface)

Figure 6-15. Short Haul Analog Signaling: System 75/G1 to System 85/G2 — Direct Via DSU

Figure 6-16. Long Haul Analog Signaling: System 75/G1 to System 85/G2 — Direct Via Modem

Figure 6-17. Long Haul Digital Signaling: System 75/G1 to System 85/G2 Via AVD DS1 Figure 6-18. Long Haul Digital Signaling: System 75/G1 to System 85/G2 Via ISDN PRI

Figure 6-19. Short Haul Digital Signaling: System 75/G1 to System 85/G2 — Direct Via MPDM

Figure 6-20. AUDIX in a DCS Network

Figure 7-1. Possible Data Connections

Figure 7-2. Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Communication

Figure 7-3. Modes of Link Operation

Figure 7-4. Serial vs. Parallel

Figure 7-5. Off-Premises Data-Only Extension — Configurations

Figure 8-1. PC/PBX and PC/ISDN 3270 Emulation Connections

Figure 8-3. External Modem Pool Using Intelligent Modems (Hayes-compatible) Figure 8-4. Integrated Modem Pool

Figure 8-5. Modem Pooling over a DS1 Channel

Figure 8-6. Outside DTE Access to LAN

Figure 8-7. Outside PC Access to a LAN Operating with StarGROUP Software

Figure 8-8. Asynchronous Communications from LANs Operating with StarGROUP Software

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Figure 8-9.

Common ISN Configuration

8-18

Figure 8-10.

LAN-to-LAN Connections Through the Switch

8-19

Figure 8-11.

X.25/StarGROUP Connectivity

8-20

Figure 8-12.

LAN/SNA Connectivity

8-20

Figure 8-13.

ACCUNET Packet Service

8-22

Figure 8-14.

Public Switched Data Network with Robbed Bit Facilities (Mode 1)

8-23

Figure 8-15.

Domestic Public Switched Data Network with ISDN-PRI Facilities (Modes 0, 1, 2,

 

 

3)

8-25

Figure 8-16.

International Public Switched Data Network with ISDN-PRI Facilities (Modes 0,

 

 

1)

8-25

Figure 8-17.

Private Data Network with Robbed Bit Trunks (Mode 1)

8-26

Figure 8-18.

Private Data Network with Robbed Bit Facilities and D4 Connection at Far End

 

 

(Mode 1)

8-28

Figure 8-19.

Private Data Network with 24th Channel or ISDN-PRI Signaling (Modes 0, 1, 2,

 

 

3)

8-28

Figure 8-20.

Private Data Network with 24th Channel or ISDN-PRI Signaling (Modes 0, 1, 2,

 

 

3)

8-28

Figure 8-21.

Private Data Network with Robbed Bit, Fractional T1 Facilities (Mode 1)

8-30

Figure 8-22.

Telemarketing Gateway Configuration

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Figure 9-1.

Dedicated/Permanent Switched Connections — Configurations (Sheet 1-or-

 

 

2)

9-3

Figure 9-2.

SNA-Node to SNA-Node Connection

9-5

Figure 9-3.

A Possible File-Transfer Configuration

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Figure 9-4.

A Possible Teleconferencing Configuration

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Figure 9-5.

A Possible Imaging Configuration

9-8

Figure 9-6.

A Possible FAX Configuration

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Figure B-1.

Options for Synchronization

B-2

Figure B-2.

Synchronization Hierarchy

B-4

Figure B-3.

Stratum Levels for the Synchronization Hierarchy

B-7

Figure B-4.

SCS (Generic 2)

B-8

Figure B-5.

Duplicated Synchronization Architecture and Cross Coupling

B-9

Figure B-6.

Tone-Clock Synchronizer (Nonduplicated, Generic 1)

B-12

Figure B-7.

Public-Network External Clock

B-15

Figure B-8.

External Clock

B-16

Figure B-9.

External-Clock Interface

B-17

Figure B-10.

External-Clock Duplicated Synchronization

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Figure B-11.

External and Internal Reference Levels

B-19

Figure B-12.

Nonpublic Network without Digital Switches

B-20

Figure B-13.

Proper Use of Backup Facilities

B-21

Figure B-14.

Improper Use of Backup Facilities

B-22

Figure B-15.

Optimal Diverse Routing

B-23

Figure B-16.

Less Than Optimal Diverse Routing

B-24

Figure B-17.

Excessive Cascading

B-25

Figure B-18.

Minimized Cascading

B-25

Figure B-19.

Excessive Synchronization from One Node

B-26

Figure B-20.

Minimized Synchronization from One Node

B-27

Figure D-1.

OSI Reference Model

D-4

Figure D-2.

ISDN Protocols

D-9

Figure D-3.

Data mode 1 With DCP and DS1/DMI/BOS Frame Multiplexing

 

 

Arrangements

D-13

Figure D-4.

Data mode 2 Frame Structure

D-15

Figure D-5. DCP Frame Format

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LIST OF TABLES

 

Table 1-1.

Terminal/Port Compatibility

1-9

Table 1-2.

Trunk Port Types

1-10

Table 1-3.

Protocol States for Data Communication

1-14

Table 1-4.

Physical-Layer Protocol vs. Character Code

1-15

Table 1-5.

DMI Mode vs. Character Code

1-15

Table 1-6.

Signal-Inversion Requirements

1-21

Table 1-7.

Data-Module Capabilities

1-22

Table 1-8.

24th-Channel Signaling Arrangement — DMI BOS

1-27

Table 1-9.

24th-Channel Signaling Types vs Trunk Types and Destinations

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Table 1-10.

Generic 1 and Generic 2 Analog Trunks — Voice/Voice-Grade Data BCC

1-43

Table 1-11.

Generic 1 and Generic 2 Digital Trunks — Voice BCC

1-45

Table 1-12.

Generic 1 and Generic 2 Digital Trunks — 64 kbps User Rate — Modes 0,2,3

 

 

BCCs

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Table 1-13.

Generic 1 and Generic 2 Digital Trunks — 56 kbps User Rate — Mode 1

 

 

BCC

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Table 2-1.

Networking Software

2-4

Table 2-2.

Network Administration Terminals and Systems

2-18

Table 2-3.

Networking Feature Parameters

2-19

Table 6-1.

DCS Node Capacity

6-2

Table 6-2.

Link Capacity

6-3

Table 6-3.

Availability of Attendant Features

6-15

Table 6-4.

Availability of Transparent Voice Terminal Features

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Table 6-5.

DCS Cluster Limits

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Table 7-1.

Data Feature vs Communications Systems

7-10

Table 8-1.

DCP-Port Data Modules

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Table 8-2.

BRI-Port Data Modules

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Table 8-3.

LAN Transmission Media Characteristics

8-14

Table 8-4.

Gateway PC Software

8-15

Table 8-5.

LAN-to-LAN Communications Packages

8-19

Table 8-6.

Requirements for Connections from the PBX to SDS/SDDN

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Table 8-7.

Requirements for PBX-to-PBX Private Network T1.5 and T45 Connections

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Table 8-8.

Requirements for PBX-to-PBX Private Network Spectrum Connections

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Table B-1.

SCS References Switches

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Table D-1.

Some CCITT Digital Standards

D-6

Table D-2.

Some CCITT Analog Standards

D-7

Table D-3.

Some CCITT ISDN Standards

D-8

Table D-4.

Some Well-Known Protocol Standards

D-10

Table D-5.

DCP versus ISDN-BRI protocol parameters comparison

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Table E-1.

EIA RS-232C (V.28) LEADS/DEFINITIONS

E-2

Table E-2.

EIA RS-232D (V.28) LEADS/DEFINITIONS

E-3

Table E-3.

EIA RS-449 (V.24) LEADS/DEFINITIONS

E-4

Table E-4.

EIA RS-366 LEADS/DEFINITIONS

E-5

Table E-5.

CCITT V.35 LEADS/DEFINITIONS

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Table E-6.

EIA RS-232C (V.28) LEADS SUPPORTED FOR AT&T TERMINALS

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ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

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This document explains how to arrange two or more communications systems in a network. It also tells how to use your communications system to connect one data communications device or network to another device or network.

This document is for AT&T sales teams and customers who are responsible for:

Designing telecommunications networks

Interfacing data processing devices or networks through a communications system

PREREQUISITE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

To use this document, you should be familiar with the communications systems you intend to include in the network. The following documents describe AT&T communications systems:

An Introduction to AT&T DEFINITY® 75/85 Communication System Generic 1 (555-200-024)

An Introduction to DEFINITY® 75/85 Communications System Generic 2 (555-104-020)

AT&T DEFINITY® 75/85 Communication System Generic 1 System Description (555-204-200)

DEFINITY® Communications System Generic 2 and System 85 System Description (555-104-201)

DIMENSION® System Description and Planning (554-111-100)

For network implementation particulars, you may also find the following documents helpful:

AT&T DEFINITY® 75/85 Communications System Generic 1.1 Implementation (555-204-654)

DEFINITY® Communications System Generic 2 and System 85 Feature Descriptions (555-104-301)

AT&T DEFINITY® 75/85 Communications System Generic 1 and System 75 and System 75 XE Feature Descriptions (555-200-201)

Appendix A, Related Documents, lists the names of other documents you may need to refer to for more detailed information.

DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION

This document has two major sections: Part I covers communications system networking, and Part II describes data connectivity. The document contains the following chapters.

Chapter 1 — Introduction to Connectivity Explains concepts and devices that are common to both the communications system networking and the data connectivity sections of the manual. These areas of shared interest include: transmission types, transmission states, multiplexing, and trunking.

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PART I

Chapter 2 — Communications System Networking — An Overview— Introduces the networking software packages that are used to implement a PBX network. Included is a matrix that maps node administration to the tools used given the type of switch and switch version.

Chapter 3 — Tandem Tie Trunk Networks — Defines tandem tie trunk networks and describes how they operate.

Chapter 4 — Main-Satellite/Tributary (MS/T) — Describes the MS/T configurations, features, and engineering and administration considerations.

Chapter 5 — Electronic Tandem Network (ETN) — Describes the ETN configurations, features, interactions with other types of networks (including Centralized Attendant Service networks and the Software-Defined Network), and ETN engineering and administration considerations.

Chapter 6 — Distributed Communications System (DCS) — Describes the DCS configurations, transmission facilities, features, feature transparency, and engineering and administration considerations.

PART II

Chapter 7 — Data Connectivity — An Overview — Describes general data communication concepts and capabilities, as well as defines the basic data communications features provided that your communication system provides.

Chapter 8 — Data Communications Capabilities — Describes how to use a communications system to connect data terminal equipment, local area networks, public and private data networks, and telecommunication hosts.

Chapter 9 — Data Communications Configurations — Provides template configurations for various data networking applications, e.g., medical imaging, FAX communication, file transfers, and so forth.

Appendix A— Related Documents — Lists the names of documents related to DIMENSION, System 75/85, and the DEFINITY Generic 1 and Generic 2 communications systems.

Appendix B — Timing and Synchronization — Provides detailed information on synchronization in the private switching systems within a network. This appendix also provides many examples of how and where synchronization is used.

Appendix C — Trunking Terms and Trunk Compatibilities — Provides a list of trunking terms and several tables that identify trunking compatibility between particular types of switches.

Appendix D — Protocols — Explains the open system interconnect (OSI) protocol model, describes protocol naming systems, defines some of the most widely implemented protocols, and describes DCP, DMI, and BX.25 proprietary protocols.

Appendix E — Lead Designations — Lists the pin-outs for RS-232C, RS-232D, RS-449, RS-366, and V.35 connectors.

Appendix F — Networking Features — Lists the networking features available on each communications system.

Appendix G — Robbed-Bit AVD (rbavd) — Explains how to implement rbavd trunks on the Generic 1 communications system.

Glossary

Index

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1. INTRODUCTION TO CONNECTIVITY

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This book explains two aspects of communicating through a business communications system:

Part I, Communications System Networking, explains how to arrange two or more communications systems in a network so that they communicate with each other efficiently and cost effectively.

Part II, Data Connectivity, describes the flow of data both within and between communications systems.

This chapter explains some fundamentals that are common to both networking and data connectivity. These fundamentals are:

Transmission types

Transmission states

Multiplexed communication

Trunking

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TRANSMISSION TYPES

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Both analog and digital transmission can be used to carry information across telephone lines and data links.

ANALOG TRANSMISSION

Analog transmission carries information as continuously varying electrical waves. Variables like the wave amplitude, phase, and frequency impart the information contained in the signal.

Analog transmission can carry both voice and data.

Voice: Since voice originates as analog sound waves, analog voice terminals can transmit it over analog facilities without any conversion.

VOICE

ANALOG

(SOUND WAVES)

VOICE TERMINAL

SIGNAL

Data: The discrete binary pulses that are generated by digital terminal equipment cannot be carried across analog lines. However, they can be used to vary (modulate) a carrier signal, which analog facilities can carry. At the destination, the variation in the signal is mapped to the original binary pulses (demodulated), and the original pulses are regenerated. Modems perform this modulation/demodulation function.

The analog facilities over which voice and modulated data are carried are sometimes called voice-grade lines. Hence, the name voice-grade data has been used for data carried over analog facilities.

DATA (BINARY

 

MODEM

 

ANALOG

(CARRIER

VOLTAGE PULSES)

 

SIGNAL

FREQUENCY)

 

 

DIGITAL TRANSMISSION

Digital transmission carries information as discrete pulses transmitted at different voltage levels (for example, +3 volts/−3 volts). Each pulse represents a binary bit (for example, a +3-volt pulse might

represent a binary 1, while a −3-volt pulse might represent a binary 0). The bits are grouped into 8-bit units called bytes that convey the information. Like analog transmission, digital transmission can carry both voice and data.

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1. Original

signal

2. PAM pulses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

 

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.4

 

 

 

 

 

1.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

3. PCM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pulses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

011

001

110

001

011

110

100

 

4. PCM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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011001110001011110100

Adapted from: Data and Computer Communications, by William Stallings, Macmillan Publishing Co., N.Y., 1988

Figure 1-1. Analog-to-Digital Conversion

TRANSMISSION TYPES

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Voice: To carry voice over digital transmission facilities, analog voice signals must be converted into digital information. To do this, the voice signal is sampled 8000 times a second. The sample is encoded according to a process called pulse-code modulation or PCM. Pulse-code modulation is a four-step process (see figure 1-1).

1.The analog signal is sampled.

2.Through a process called pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM), discrete pulses are generated, of the same amplitude as the analog signal at the sampled point.

3.The amplitude of these discrete pulses is rounded to the nearest integer.

4.The amplitude is encoded as a binary number, which is then transmitted over the digital facilities.

The device that performs pulse-code modulation is called a codec. Each digital voice terminal attached to a System 75, System 85, and DEFINITY® communications system contains a codec, called a digitizer, where PCM occurs for voice communication. For this reason, voice that can be carried over digital facilities is sometimes called digitized voice. Digitization of communication originating at analog voice terminals or trunks occurs at the switch ports to which these facilities are attached.

ANALOG

DIGITAL

SIGNAL

CODEC

SIGNAL

Note that voice-grade data may also be carried over digital facilities if it is put through the PCM process. In fact, when voice-grade data enters the switch at an analog line or trunk port, the codec treats the data identically to voice (see steps 1 through 4, above).

Data: For binary data to be carried over digital facilities, the bits need not be converted. However, headers and trailers that make the transmission conform to a particular protocol must be created and inserted. This can occur at a stand-alone data module, a voice terminal equipped with a data module, or a switch port.

PROTOCOL

DIGITAL

DIGITAL DATA

SIGNAL

CONVERTER

ANALOG VS. DIGITAL

Alexander Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone in 1876. For nearly 80 years thereafter, transmission occurred over analog facilities. Since primarily voice was being transmitted during these years, analog facilities more closely fit the need.

With the advent of computers, facilities that could transmit binary data were needed. The installation of public digital facilities remained uneconomical, however, until the facilities could be used to transmit both voice and data. It was not until the late 1950s that the digitization of voice and the transmission of digital

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signals became feasible through the economic, operational, and reliability features of solid-state electronics. In 1962, the Bell System established the first commercial use of digital transmission when the first T1 carrier system went into operation in a Chicago area exchange. By 1985, 50% of the country’s exchangearea trunks were T-carrier digital facilities.

Currently, the national network is employing more and more digital facilities. This trend has occurred because of some of the advantages that digital transmission offers. These advantages include:

Integration of transmission and switching: The introduction of the No. 1 ESS™ in 1965 was a major milestone in the telecommunications industry since it was the first switch that was computer controlled.

Thus, inside the No. 1 ESS, both data and voice were digital. In the public network, the No. 1 ESS was followed in 1976 by the No. 4 ESS™ and by the No. 5ESS® in the early 1980s. AT&T customer-

premises switches became digital with the System 75 and System 85 offerings in the early 1980s. The advantages of servicing these digital transmission facilities with digital switches arose from the fact that the internal signal need not be converted back to analog for internal switch processing. In a totally integrated network, voice signals are digitized at or near the source and remain digitized until delivered to their destination.

Signal regeneration: With all transmissions, the signal weakens (attenuates) the farther it is transmitted. With analog transmission, the signal is amplified periodically in an attempt to recreate its original quality. This means, however, that any noise on the line, due to line disturbances and random variations in voltage or current, is also amplified.

With digital transmission, the signal is regenerated by repeaters placed strategically along the line. Since pulses are recreated during the regeneration process, any noise that had entered the line in the distance the signal traversed since the last repeater is eliminated.

Low signal/noise ratios: Noise and interference in an analog voice network become most apparent during speech pauses when the signal amplitude is low. Relatively small amounts of noise occuring during a speech pause can be quite annoying to the listener. In a digital link, the noise level during speech pauses is held to an acceptable level because it is controlled by encoding rather than random line conditions.

AT&T is rapidly replacing analog facilities with digital and expects to have this conversion completed in the early 1990s. However, local facilities terminating at customer premises are often analog. Therefore, today’s national network is essentially an analog/digital hybrid. This makes it imperative for network planners to be familiar with conversion techniques and devices so they can design a costeffective network that utilizes uncomplicated routing patterns and existing equipment, no matter whether analog or digital. The rest of this chapter explains the devices and techniques that are available for building a network for voice or data transmission or both.

TRANSMISSION STATES

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When you plan a communications network, there are certain rules that you cannot violate:

Analog signals cannot be carried over digital facilities without first being converted to digital.

Digital signals cannot be carried over analog facilities without first being converted to analog.

Digital communication must conform to a particular protocol. Unless a protocol converter is inserted in the transmission stream, both the originating and destination ends of the communication link must speak the same protocol. In addition, every protocol in the transmission link must be represented twice in the line — once as an initiator and, again, as a terminator.

To plan a network that adheres to these rules, you must be familiar with how voice or data is represented at every stage of switching and transmission. Its mode of representation at each stage is its transmission state at that point.

VOICE TRANSMISSION

When you design a network, you must know at which points in the network the transmission state changes. At the switch, transition points for voice signals occur before the signal enters the switch and, again, as it exits the switch. (See figure 1-2 for the transmission states that occur with voice transmission.)

Entering the Switch

When voice is transmitted to the switch, the following processes occur depending upon the transmission device.

Analog telephones generate an analog signal that travels over twisted pair to an analog port on the switch.

If the switch is digital — like the System 75, System 85, and DEFINITY communications systems — the port contains a codec, which converts the analog signal to a digital signal using PCM.

On analog time-multiplexed switches, like the DIMENSION®, the analog port samples the analog signal and regenerates samples using pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM); or, on older switches, a path through a switching matrix is found and the analog signal is applied to it directly.

Digital voice terminals digitize the voice signal using PCM before transmitting it to a digital port on a digital switch. No code conversion occurs at the digital port. (Note that digital voice terminals are never attached to analog switches.)

Incoming analog-trunk calls to a digital switch are converted to PCM by a codec built into the analogtrunk circuit pack through which the signal enters the switch. On a time-multiplexed analog switch, the analog-trunk signal is also converted to PAM at the trunk port.

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AT&T 7400, 7100, 2500, 7500, 7300 User Manual

1-8 TRANSMISSION STATES

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DIGITAL SWITCH

123 456 789 *0#

123

456

789 *0#

DIGITAL

PCM

 

D

L

P

 

PCM

 

A

T

 

 

ANALOG VOICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

N

P

 

 

 

 

 

VOICE

 

 

 

G

I

O

 

 

 

A

R

O

 

 

TERMINAL

 

 

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N

R

 

 

 

L

U

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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T

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DIGITAL

 

 

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PCM

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANALOG VOICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TERMINAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL

PCM

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANALOG VOICE

123

VOICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TERMINAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

789

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

456

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*0#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM

PCM

 

 

 

 

ANALOG

ANALOG VOICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM

 

VOICE

 

 

 

 

PCM

 

 

 

 

TERMINAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANALOG

ANALOG VOICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCM

 

VOICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A K

PCM

 

VOICE

 

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TERMINAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANALOG TIME-MULTIPLEXED SWITCH

 

 

 

 

ANALOG

ANALOG VOICE

A

L

P

PAM

A

T

P ANALOG VOICE

 

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ANALOG VOICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TERMINAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ANALOG

ANALOG VOICE

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOICE

 

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P

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TERMINAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Figure 1-2. Transmission States for Voice Communication

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Incoming digital-trunk calls to a digital switch need no conversion since the call is already PCM encoded. Incoming digital-trunk calls to analog switches are converted outside the switch at a D4 channel bank. In these cases, the digital trunk terminates at the D4 channel bank. From the D4 channel bank, incoming calls are forwarded to the switch via analog trunks. (See Multiplexed Communication later in this chapter.)

Inside a digital switch, therefore, voice is always coded as PCM. Inside an analog switch, voice is coded as PAM for time-multiplexed switches or left as a pure analog signal for matrix switches.

Below is a table that summarizes the types of signals that particular terminals generate and the types of circuit packs that can handle the signals.

Table 1-1. Terminal/Port Compatibility

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ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

Circuit Packs

 

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

 

ç

ç

 

ç

 

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ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

Terminal

ç

Signal

ç

Type

 

S75/G1

S85/G2

ç

ç

DIMENSION

ç

ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

______________________ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç Traditional

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç Universal

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç Module*

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç Module

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç2500 series

ç Analog

ç Analog

LC02

TN742

SN229

 

ç

ç TN742

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

7100 series

 

 

ç

N/A

ç

TN742

ç

SN229

TN742

ç

ç Analog

ç Analog

ç

_

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

7200 series

Analog

MFET

LC02 & LC55

 

 

ç N/A

ç

ç TN735

ç SN224

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç7300 series

ç Analog

ç MFAT

N/A

TN762

ANN17

 

ç

ç TN762B

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

7400 series

Digital

Digital-line

ç

N/A

ç TN754

ç SN270

TN754

ç

ç

ç

ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç or GPP

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

7500 series

Digital

BRI

ç

N/A

ç N/A

ç N/A

TN556

ç

ç

ç

ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

* Universal modules are available only on the G2 switch.

Note that the table names the circuit-pack type by the type of terminal that can use it. Multifunction electronic telephones use MFET circuit boards; multifunction analog telephones use MFAT circuit boards; DCP terminals use digital ports (called digital-line ports on the S75/G1, and general-purpose ports [GPP] on the S85/G2) and basic rate interface terminals use BRI ports.

To complete the picture of analog and digital switch ports, you also need to know the trunk port types, names, and numbers given in figure 1-2. (See the Trunking section of this chapter for an explanation of trunk types and protocols.)

Exiting the Switch

For outgoing or tandem calls that are routed over analog trunks, and for intercom or incoming calls to analog telephone sets, another conversion must occur.

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Table 1-2. Trunk Port Types

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ç

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

Circuit Packs

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

 

ç

ç

 

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ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

Signal

ç

Type

 

S75/G1

S85/G2

ç

ç

DIMENSION

ç

ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

________________________ç

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç Traditional

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

Universal

ç

 

 

 

 

ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç Module*

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç Module

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

çAnalog

ç CO

LC08

TN747B

SN230B

 

ç

ç TN747B

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

Auxiliary

ç LC13

ç TN763C

ç SN231

TN763B

ç

 

ç

ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

DID

 

 

 

ç TN753

 

ç LC09

ç TN753

ç SN232B

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç Tie

LC11

TN760C

SN233C

 

ç

 

ç TN760C

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

Digital

DS1

ç N/A

ç TN767

ç ANN11E

TN767

ç

ç

ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

 

ç

 

PRI

 

 

 

ç TN767 and

 

ç N/A

ç TN767

ç ANN35

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

TN555

ç

ç

 

ç

 

 

 

 

ç

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

 

ç

*Universal modules are available only on the G2 switch.

From a digital switch, the voice signal, which is represented in the switch as digital PCM code, is converted to analog via a codec built into the analog line or trunk circuit pack.

From an analog switch, conversion of the internal PAM code to continuous analog signals also occurs at the trunk or line port.

For outgoing or tandem calls that are routed over digital trunks, and for intercom or incoming calls to digital terminals, the following processes occur:

From a digital switch, PCM code treatment depends upon the port through which the signal exits.

DS1 and primary rate interface (PRI) ports package the signal according to how the port is administered. (The line coding, framing, and signaling are administrative choices. Refer to the Multiplexed Communication section of this chapter for further details.) In addition, PRI ports package their supervisory messages according to ISDN-PRI protocol.

Digital-line ports (System 75 and Generic 1) and general-purpose ports (System 85 and Generic 2) are both digital ports that package the signal according to DCP protocol. (See page 1-13 for an explanation of this protocol.)

Basic rate interface (BRI) ports are digital ports that package the signal according to ISDN BRI protocol. (See page 1-13 for an explanation of this protocol.)

From an analog switch, no provision is made for connecting with digital voice terminals. Outside the switch, however, outgoing and tandem calls can be packaged for transmission over digital trunks. The voice signal exits the switch via analog trunks, then enters the digital trunk at a D4 channel bank. (See the Multiplexed Communication section of this chapter for further details.)

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