Introduction to ISDN
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Promota HaulePresentation On Integrated
Services Digital Network
(ISDN)
ISDN: Definition
• Integrated Services Digital Network
(ISDN) is a circuit-switched telephone
network system, designed to allow
digital transmission of voice and data
over ordinary telephone copper wires,
resulting in better quality and higher
speeds than that available with the
PSTN system.
• Was developed by International
Telecommunication Union in 1976.
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ISDN: Definition
• Integrated Services Digital Network
(ISDN) is a circuit-switched telephone
network system, designed to allow
digital transmission of voice and data
over ordinary telephone copper wires,
resulting in better quality and higher
speeds than that available with the
PSTN system.
• Was developed by International
Telecommunication Union in 1976.
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ISDN: Overview
• Primary idea is to digitize the
telephone network to allow the
transmission on audio, video and text
over existing telephone lines.
• Goal of ISDN is to form a WAN that
provides global end to end
connectivity over digital media.
• So it supports wider integration and
standardization.
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ISDN: Overview 2
• ISDN incorporates all communication
connections in a home or building into a
single interface.
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ISDN: Subscriber Access
• For flexibility digital pipes between
customer and ISDN office are
organized into multiple channels of
different sizes.
• The three standard ones are
– Bearer (B Channel)
– Data (D Channel)
– Hybrid (H Channel)
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ISDN Channels/Types
Channel Data Rate Application
Bearer (B) 64 Kbps Normal at full
duplex.
Data (D) 16 or 64 Kbps Carry control
signals for B.
Hybrid (H) 384 Kbps(H0), Used in high
1536 Kbps (H11) or data-rate
1920 Kbps (H12) applications.
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ISDN Interfaces
• Basic Rate Interface (BRI)
specifies pipe consisting of
two B channels, each with
bandwidth of 64 kbps, and one
D channel with a bandwidth of
16 kbps.
• Together these three
channels can be designated
as 2B+D.
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ISDN Interfaces (Contd..)
• PRI: Primary Rate Interface
• Contains a greater number of B channels
and a D channel with a bandwidth of 64
kbps. The number of B channels for PRI
varies according to the nation: in North
America and Japan it is 23B+1D, with an
aggregate bit rate of 1.544 Mbps; in
Europe and Australia it is 30B+1D, with an
aggregate bit rate of 2.048 Mbps.
• Primary 23 B and 1 D channel 1.544 Mbps
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ISDN Interfaces (Contd..)
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Features of ISDN
• Speed: allows multiple digital channels to
be operated simultaneously through the
same regular phone wiring used for analog
lines which can support digital connections.
• Supports an uncompressed data transfer
speed of 128 kb/s, plus bandwidth for
overhead and signaling.
• Also the latency, or the amount of time it
takes for a communication to begin, on an
ISDN line is typically about half that of an
analog line. This improves response for
interactive applications, such as games.
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Features (Contd..)
• Multiple Devices: Transferring a file to
someone while talking on the phone or
seeing their live picture on a video screen
would require several potentially expensive
phone lines.
• ISDN allows multiple devices to share a
single line. It is possible to combine many
different digital data sources and have the
information routed to the proper
destination.
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Features (Contd..)
• Signaling: Instead of the phone company sending a
ring voltage signal to ring the bell in your phone ("In-
Band signal"), it sends a digital packet on a separate
channel ("Out-of-Band signal").
• The Out-of-Band signal does not disturb established
connections, no bandwidth is taken from the data
channels, and call setup time is very fast. For
example, a V.90 or V.92 modem typically takes 30-
60 seconds to establish a connection; an ISDN call
setup usually takes less than 2 seconds.
• The signaling also indicates who is calling, what
type of call it is (data/voice), and what number was
dialed.
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Advantages (ISDN)
• It is an integrated systems.
• It is widely available a new wide area networking
alternative.
• It provides better quality and high digital data
rates than PSTN systems.
• Some of the principles of ISDN:-
Support of voice and non voice applications.
Support for switched and non switched applications.
Reliance on 64-kbps connections.
Intelligence in the network.
Layered protocol architecture.
Variety of configurations.
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Future of ISDN
• ISDN is intended to be a worldwide public
telecommunications network.
• The impact of ISDN on users and vendors is
significant.
• Some of the points that brings forth its future are
as follows:-
National ISDN.
Applications.
Broadband ISDN.
The real world.
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