Abstract:
In a facsimile system having a server device connected to a local-area network system, to which a plurality of client terminals are connected, and connected also to an ISDN and a pay-station telephone network, the server device performs communication with the pay-station telephone network and the plurality of client terminals, performs communication with the ISDN and the plurality of client terminals, and changes over communication between the ISDN and the pay-station telephone network in accordance with a command from each of the plurality of client terminals.
Abstract:
A packet switching method in a digital network includes a calling equipment and called equipment connected to the digital network for communication by packet switching, and further includes a destination end system to be connected to the called equipment for communication. Upon occurrence of a call demand by the calling equipment, a sub-address of the called equipment and a network address of the destination end system are inserted in a call demand packet and the call demand packet is transmitted to the digital network. Upon reception of a call setup message by the called equipment from the digital network which receives the call demand packet, the sub-address from the call setup message is extracted and a judgement is made as to whether the incoming call is designated to own equipment by checking matching of the extracted sub-address and a given sub-address assigned to own equipment. A response message to the digital network is transmitted when the incoming call is judged to designate own equipment. Upon the called equipment's reception of an incoming call packet which was transmitted by the digital network after receiving the response message, the network address from the incoming call packet is extracted and incoming call processing is performed based on the extracted network address for establishing the call.
Abstract:
A text mail system in which a pseudo destination subaddress randomly generated at a call receiver side at the time of receiving an incoming call from an integrated services digital network is used to manage the storing or reading out operation of various sorts of messages in a mail box. The text mail system, which uses the pseudo destination subaddress as a box number based on the property that the pseudo destination subaddress is randomly given for each incoming call, can secure a high mail confidence.
Abstract:
Network terminating terminal apparatus, for use in an Integrated Services Digital Network, comprises a U-interface and a S/T interface. The U-interface allows the integrated terminal apparatus to communicate with a central office directly, without a separate network terminator. Remote terminals may be connected to the network terminating terminal apparatus, via its S/T interface. The network terminating terminal apparatus then serves as a conventional network terminator. The network terminating terminal apparatus includes circuitry for controlling D-channel access by the integrated terminal apparatus. The circuitry detects the framing of the signal received at the U-interface and the D-channel information from the remote terminals and ensures that the D-channel data from the integrated terminal apparatus is supplied to the S/T interface at the appropriate time for insertion into the D-echo channel of the signal returned to the remote terminals. In addition, the D-channel data from the integrated terminal apparatus is supplied to the U interface, with the D-channel from remote terminals, for transmission in D-channel of the signal to the central office.
Abstract:
An improved Packet Assembler/Disassembler (PAD) optimizes the assembling of characters into packets for transmission over a packet network. The PAD is arranged to operably connect to and receive character asynchronous data from one or more terminal instruments operating in either a block transfer mode or an echoplexing mode. Characters received by the PAD from a terminal instrument operating in an echoplexing mode are forwarded with no PAD delay. Characters received by the PAD from a terminal instrument operating in a block transfer mode are similarly forwarded with no PAD delay and in full packets with the exception of the last few characters of each block of characters which only partially fill their respective packets. And these partially filled packets are quickly forwarded in a time period which just exceeds the period required for the reception of a single character at the rate of data reception from the terminal instrument.
Abstract:
A single international standard integrated services digital network (ISDN), basic rate interface (BRI) is arranged so that either a data terminal and two voice terminals, three voice terminals, or four voice terminals can be operated simultaneously through the interface. Code converters, associated with the voice terminals and with a central office switch, convert eight-bit voice sample code from either the voice terminals or the central office switch to four-bit voice sample code in the interface to enable the bit streams of two voice terminals to be merged for transmission through a single B-channel at the interface. When two voice terminals are operated simultaneously through one B-channel, each of those terminals positions four-bit coded voice samples in a different sub B-channel of the B-channel and stuffs four bits in the other sub B-channel. Four-bit coded voice samples from the sub B-channels are converted to voice samples in the voice terminals and to eight-bit codes voice samples in the central office switch.
Abstract:
A local communication system among ISDN terminal equipment in a user's premises are connected to a local passive bus of the LSDN basic-access interface. The present system can establish the local communication through a network termination unit among ISDN termination equipment. In order to establish such a local communication, a multiframing scheme is taken on a passive bus forming multiframes by combining together the predetermined number of frames which are as defined in the I.400 series of CCITT recommendations. The network termination unit has a switching device for coupling two circuit-switched type communication channels (B1, B2) on the passive bus in one direction of transmission with the two other channels (B2, B1) in the other direction to establish local communication. Alternatively, the switching device couples the two channels on the passive bus with those on the subscribed line to establish external communication. Each of the terminal equipments has a device for requesting the local communication when required.
Abstract:
The ISDN user-network interface is defined in the CCITT D-channel protocol recommendation (I-400 series recommendations), in which many kinds of communication terminals (e.g. faximile, telephone, teletex, etc.) can communicate through a subscriber line. The user-network interface is improved from the view point of effectiveness of terminal usage, provision of communication service, and, flexibility of system configuration, by providing a control terminal in the subscriber. The control terminal doubles as ordinary terminal equipment, and has a global control function for controlling other subscriber terminal equipment. The control terminal establishes and/or releases a local control phase in which a control terminal controls ordinary terminal equipment in the same subscriber to have them correspond to the communication with another subscriber using the means which belong to the ordinary terminal equipment inherently. The control terminal operates as an ordinary terminal apparatus when it is not in local control phase.
Abstract:
In a facsimile system having a server device connected to a local-area network system, to which a plurality of client terminals are connected, and connected also to an ISDN and a pay-station telephone network, the server device performs communication with the pay-station telephone network and the plurality of client terminals, performs communication with the ISDN and the plurality of client terminals, and changes over communication between the ISDN and the pay-station telephone network in accordance with a command from each of the plurality of client terminals.
Abstract:
In a facsimile system having a server device connected to a local-area network system, to which a plurality of client terminals are connected, and connected also to an ISDN and a pay-station telephone network, the server device performs communication with the pay-station telephone network and the plurality of client terminals, performs communication with the ISDN and the plurality of client terminals, and changes over communication between the ISDN and the pay-station telephone network in accordance with a command from each of the plurality of client terminals.