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Introduction To Isdn Line

This document provides an introduction to ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lines. It discusses that ISDN uses digital telephone lines to send data, voice, and video, unlike traditional analog phone lines. There are two main types of ISDN lines: BRI (Basic Rate Interface) with 2 B-channels and 1 D-channel, and PRI (Primary Rate Interface) with 23-30 B-channels and 1 D-channel. ISDN allows multiple devices to connect and operate simultaneously on a single digital phone line, providing faster connection speeds than analog modems. However, ISDN is more expensive than traditional phone lines and requires specialized digital equipment from both the user and telephone company.

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Introduction To Isdn Line

This document provides an introduction to ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lines. It discusses that ISDN uses digital telephone lines to send data, voice, and video, unlike traditional analog phone lines. There are two main types of ISDN lines: BRI (Basic Rate Interface) with 2 B-channels and 1 D-channel, and PRI (Primary Rate Interface) with 23-30 B-channels and 1 D-channel. ISDN allows multiple devices to connect and operate simultaneously on a single digital phone line, providing faster connection speeds than analog modems. However, ISDN is more expensive than traditional phone lines and requires specialized digital equipment from both the user and telephone company.

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Vocational Training Course-2008

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INTRODUCTION TO ISDN LINE

Find here ISDN Network, introduction to ISDN line, bri, t1 lines, d1 lines, primary rate
interface, connection time and setup instructions. The regular phone line, which is
used at home and offices is an analogue phone line. Your voice is picked up by
telephone mouthpiece and then sent down the phone line as an analogue wave.
Regular modem converts the digital signals of the computer into the analogue
waves, which then travels on the regular phone lines. At the other end, modem
receives that analogue signals and then convert back into the digital signals that are
understandable by a computer

ISDN network is a digital communication system that is capable of producing the


maximum transmission speed of 1.4Mbps. 128Kbps speed is however more
common in the digital technology. It's a international standard for sending data,
voice, video over regular digital telephone lines. ISDN uses UTP (unshielded twisted
pair cable) for transmission.

Types of ISDN Network

There are two basic types


• Basic Rate Interface (BRI) – It consists of two 64 B-channels and one D-channel for
transmitting control information.

• Primary Rate Interface (PRI) -- It consists of 23 B-channels and one D-channel (for
U.S.) or 30 B-channels and one D-channel (for Europe).

The actual version of ISDN employs base band transmission. Another version, called
B-ISDN, uses broadband transmission, which is able to support transmission rate of
1.5 Mbps. B-ISDN mainly requires fiber optic cables.

To access the B channel, it is necessary to subscribe the ISDN phone line.


Customers are also required to have some special ISDN devices, which are known
as terminal adapters, which are used to communication with the telephone company
switch or other ISDN devices.

How ISDN Works

In an analog network, a regular telephone line that is provided by the telephone


company supports a single transmission channel, which normally can carry only one

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service, voice, data or video at a single time. With ISDN, this same pair telephone
line is logically divided into the multiple channels. A typical line has two channels.

The first type of channel is called B channel. This channel can carry about 64Kbps of
data. Typical ISDN line has 2 B channels. One channel is used for voice and other
channel is used for data communication. This data/voice transmission process
occurs on the regular one pair copper wire.

The second type of channel is used for link and call setup. This channel is known as
D channel or Delta Channel.

The third channel has only 16Kbps of bandwidth.

Advantages

Speed
There is an upper limit of the speed in the commonly used dial up modems, which is
56kbps. But due to the quality and other factor, the maximum attainable speed is
45kbps.
ISDN allows multiple digital channels to operate simultaneously through the same
regular one pair copper wire. If the telephone company supports the digital
connections then a change can occur. The digital signals instead of the analogue
signals, transmitted across the telephone line. In the digital scheme, there is much
more data transfer rate than the analog lines.

Multiple Devices
A separate telephone line is required for using the fax, telephone, computer, router
and live video conferencing systems. A separate line is required for each device.
ISDN network lines can handle the multiple devices on the single line. Up to eight
devices such as, computer, faxes, cash registers, credit card readers or other
devices can directly be connected to a single ISDN line, all these devices can work
simultaneously.

Connection Time

V.34 modems typical take 30-60 seconds to establish a connection and on the other
end an ISDN call usually takes less than 2 seconds to establish a connection.
Disadvantages
There are some disadvantages of the ISDN lines, which I have discussed below.
1. ISDN is more expensive than the Plain old telephone system.
2. The telephone company and the ISDN user both are required to have the
specialized digital devices.

ADSL VS ISDN

There is a noticeable difference between the two services.


• ISDN provides two voice channels or one 128Kbps data channel while ADSL is
basically a data pipe.
• The power for ADSL is sent by carrier over copper wire; as with the local phone

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service. The line works even when local power fails. This is an advantage over the
ISDN lines, which requires the local power supply.
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