INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK

SUBSCRIBER LINE MANAGEMENT The subscriber and user line management function incorporates all the tasks for ensuring that subscribers can: make and receive telephone calls when they want use the facilities and features offered to them as and when they require have permanent access to a line with good quality of service PURPOSE OF THE SUBSCRIBER LINE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION Subscriber line management involves: Keeping track of the subscriber line access points at the exchange Assigning each subscriber a line type appropriate for the transmission technique on the exchange link (analog or digital) Keeping track of and assigning directory numbers Assigning supplementary services to subscribers as requested Checking that all the subscriber lines connected to the exchange are working properly Identifying and repairing defective subscriber lines.

ISDN SUBSCRIBER PRIMARY & BASIC ACCESS

PRIMARY ACCESS

PCM 30 B +D DIGITAL 2 B +D

SO BUS

ISDN STATIONS

EPABX NT2 & NT1

ANALOG EXTENSIONS

OCB-283
SUBSCRIBER PREMISES

DIGITAL 2 B +D

NT1
ISDN STATIONS S BUS

BASIC ACCESS

SUBSCRIBER LINE DESIGNATION Single line A line that is identified by an equipment number (NE) and a designation number (ND). Directly called line A line whose designation number (ND) is a directory number. Not directly called line A line whose designation number (ND) cannot be called. These lines can be dedicated outgoing lines or they can belong to a group. Principal group A principal group is a group of single lines, or a set of subscriber lines on PCM link, that are associated to the same "NDG" designation number (group designation no).

 Priority group A priority group is made up of lines from an existing principal group that are associated to a priority group designation number (NDP). There can be several priority groups in a principal group. Line belonging to a CENTREX function For a company, the CENTREX function is made up of a number of subscriber lines in a public exchange that are grouped together via software technique only and that are liable to call each other, using two, three or four-digit numbers, as the company does not have a PABX. The users are the company's special subscribers. At the external level, a company is identified by its name, in coded form with a maximum of eight characters, the first being an alphabetical character. A Company that is distributed over several exchanges is also called a "transgroup". SUBSCRIBER LINE DESIGNATION
ND = 22220001 22220001

NDG = 22220002

22220002 2222A001

ND = 22220003

22220003

NDG = 22220004

22220004 2222A002

NDP = 22220005

22220005 2222A003 2222A004

SUBSCRIBER CHARACTERISTICS A subscriber is defined by the association of a ND designation number and a NE equipment number. The TAX charge meters are connected to the equipment number. The discriminations can correspond to: A TY type: connected to the equipment no. A CAT category: connected to the designation no. A MAR mark: activated by an observation or the use of a service.

ND

NE/NR

CAT

TAX TAX

TY

MAR

MAR

ISDN SUBSCRIBER
SUBSCRIBER INSTALLATION EXCHANGE
DIGITAL TELEPHONE TERMINALS

TE1

CSN TABN LT CARD

30B+D 2048 kb/s

DIGITAL NETWORK TERMINAL

DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER TERMINAL

TNR NT1

TNR NT2
2B+D 192 kb/s

S B U S

TE2

TE3

TE4

TE5 INTERFACE V INTERFACE U INTERFACE T INTERFACE S

HDLC protocol

LAP-D protocol

DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER'S CONNECTION WITH EXCHANGE

Basic and primary rate access: The term subscriber line is replaced by "access". In the ISDN, a number of interfaces or physical reference points (R, S, T, U and V) are defined between the subscriber terminal and the network. There are two types of ISDN access: basic rate access and primary rate access. Basic rate access: The basic rate access bearer circuit is the traditional two wire pair. It is constructed as two 64 kbit/s B channels and one 16 kbit/s signalling channel (D channel). The total bit rate is 160 kbit/s at the U interface and 192 kbit/s at the S interface. The useful bit rate is 144 kbit/s at both interfaces. Primary rate access The bearer circuit for primary rate access is a PCM multiplex structured as 32 time slots (TS), comprising 30 x 64 kbit/s B channels and one 64 kbit/s D channel. The total bit rate is 2 048 kbit/s

CONNECTION INTERFACES NT2 is only a physical interface and has no "intelligence" or sophisticated dialogue functions with the network, unlike NT1 which can interpret messages from the network and redistribute calls within the customer premises equipment. The most important interfaces are the S and U interfaces, which are covered by very precise standards from ITU-T and ETSI committees. The V interface is of theoretical interest only since it is part of the local exchange (CSN in the E10 system) and is not standardized. The same situation applies at the primary rate access subscriber's premises: since NT1 and NT2 are incorporated in the same hardware, the manufacturer is free to construct its T interface as it wishes. The R interface depends on the type of terminal and there are a wide variety of specifications ISDN SERVICES The ISDN provides three types of services: Bearer services Teleservices Supplementary services Bearer services and teleservices can be characterized by a list of attributes. Bearer services: A bearer service provides a means of transporting information (speech, data, and video) across the network. The definition of a bearer service covers the bottom three layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. On each call set-up request, the terminal tells the network the bearer service that it requires according to the nature of the call. The network busies appropriate resources for transporting voice signals or video The most commonly encountered bearer services are described below: SCBNT: 3.1 kHz audio SCBNT speech: switched circuit on the B channel non-transparent speech, SCBT: switched circuit on the B channel transparent, VCB: virtual circuit on the B channel,

VCD: virtual circuit on the D channel. The SCBNT speech service is the least demanding in terms of transmission medium. It allows all A/D conversions, compression and echo canceling. The SCBNT 3.1 kHz audio service is adapted to transferring data by modem. It allows A/D conversions, but does not allow certain distorting operations such as compression. The SCBT service guarantees end-to-end integrity of the bit streams. No A/D conversion is performed in the network. The VCB service is the B channel packet service. The B channel is switched at a packet access point (X.25 network) and provides the medium for the virtual circuit set-up procedures. The VCD service is the D channel packet service. The packet frames multiplexed in the D channel are directed to a packet access point.