Abstract:
A switchable data rate ISDN terminal for group G.sub.4 facsimile operations disclosed. A decoder in the terminal automatically responds to a hexadecimal 7F formed by an extra bit added to the HDLC communications-starting flag when a 64 kb/s system transmits a 56 kb/s communication. The decoder responds by causing a speed controller in the terminal to reduce the effective data transfer rate.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for transferring high data rate data between a pair of separated high data rate buses comprising storing a group of high data rate data from one of the buses, one of which is connected to a digital telephone set, reading the stored data at a low data rate, conditioning the low data rate data to remove high frequency components therefrom, applying the conditioned data to an unshielded cable for transmission to the separated other high data rate bus, receiving and storing the conditioned data from the unshielded cable and reading the stored conditioned data at a high data rate to said other bus.
Abstract:
In a switching network including a central system and at least one end point device connected to the central system, a protocol for communicating between the central and the at least one end point device includes a plurality of signals that may be transmitted from the end point device to the central system, and a plurality of signals that may be transmitted from the central system to the end point device.
Abstract:
An ISDN-user-network interface system comprising an interface buffer and an interface adapter. The interface buffer provided between an ISDN network terminal equipment and a terminal equipment to receive an up-signal frame transmitted from said terminal equipment to said network terminal equipment, to store said up-signal frame, and to transmit said stored up-signal frame at a timing when said network terminal equipment is capable of detecting the synchronization of said up-signal frame. The interface adapter provided between said ISDN network terminal equipment and said terminal equipment, to receive an up-signal frame transmitted from said terminal equipment to said network terminal equipment, to detect D-channel bits of said up-signal frame, to transmit said up-signal frame to said network terminal equipment, to copy said detected D-channel bits into echo channel bits of a down-signal frame from said net-work terminal equipment to said terminal equipment received immediately after the transmission of said up-signal frame, and to transmit said down-signal frame to said terminal equipment.
Abstract:
An apparatus for providing passive bus communication in an ISDN without use of services of a central office uses an alternative error checking (CRC) technique for communication between devices on the passive bus. This alternate CRC is interpreted as an error at the central office so that local frames are discarded by the central office.
Abstract:
An ISDN interface is provided on a card, which is adapted for mounting in a terminal computer and which is operable to exchange data with a terminal computer and an ISDN. The ISDN interface card includes a protocol processor that is programmable to process data encoded in accordance with a number of different protocols and a digital signal processor that is programmable for data compression, encryption and facsimile applications, and u-law and a-law conversion, among other applications. The ISDN card dynamically allocates data calls between one or two B-channels to achieve a data transmission rate of 128 kbps. A power supply with a ring generator is provided to allow for the use of an analog telephone with the ISDN card. The ISDN card is programmable to allow users to create customized screens for various call processes, and to allow for the updating of a flash ROM coupled to the protocol processor through the terminal computer and the ISDN.
Abstract:
In a terminal adapter which is located between a data terminal equipment unit (11) and a data communication network (12) and which includes a buffer memory (22, 27) for memorizing an original data signal sequence sent from each of the data terminal equipment unit and the data communication network, the original data signal sequence is subjected to data compression by a data compression circuit to be thereafter memorized into the buffer memory and to be read out of the buffer memory as a readout data signal sequence. The readout data signal sequence is expanded by a data expansion circuit (32, 35) to be sent to the data terminal equipment unit or the data communication network at a transmission rate matched therewith. The data compression may be executed by the use of an LZ method, a modified LZ method, such as LZW, LZSS, or the like.
Abstract:
A digital data communications system, comprises a master station and a plurality of slave stations communicating with said master station in a multiburst scheme over a digital link having a plurality of communication channels associated respectively with said slave stations. In each frame the master station transmits a master burst over all the channels and the slave stations transmit slave bursts over the respective channels associated therewith.
Abstract:
A communication system operates compatibly with a public or private switching network using a Q.931 protocol for basic rate ISDN communications. Communications between a control unit and station terminals of the system use a local protocol which is a modification of the Q.931 protocol. This local protocol includes one segment including the mandatory elements of the Q.931 protocol and a second segment derived by converting the optional elements of the Q.931 protocol into a local codeset which controls the user interface circuits at each station terminal. The local protocol enables call control between the control unit and each station terminal to be managed on a bearer channel basis while call control between the system and the network is managed on a call appearance basis using the standard Q.931 protocol. The local protocol provides for communicating line selection and feature activation commands from the terminal to the control unit, using simple button commands.
Abstract:
A method for activating tandem digital subscriber lines separated by a carrier system in a communication link connecting a switch and a network termination is implemented by a microcontroller which interfaces with a digital subscriber line transceiver to extract and transmit activation request information and a programmable gate array to relay and interpret activation information conveyed across the carrier system. The microcontroller intelligently combines the activation information received from the carrier system, the activation indicator bit received from the digital subscriber line transceiver, and the transceiver status to independently activate the digital subscriber lines in a controlled sequence, so that a proper response is conveyed to the T-interface to preclude premature regarding of the physical transmission channel as being transparent. This is achieved by not setting the downstream activation bit to the network termination to 1 until each upstream digital subscriber line is fully activated in both directions.