RESULTS

PART A: LOCAL NETWORK

By using Single Digital Switching centre Workboard the switching training on is performed
on:

a) Local signalling assignment

Practical 1: System Operation
When

b) Digital Switch Control Assignment

Practical 1: Control of Time Switch
Observation of the address written into the Connection Memory

Practical 2: Connection of Tones

c) Line Scan Assignment

Practical 1: Switch Hook

Practical 2: DTMF Receivers

d) Line Maps Assignment
Practical 1: Location Map

Practical 2: Condition Map

e) Call progress assignment

Call Progress:
Practical 2: Call Supervision
Practical 3: Call Release
Questions
PART A: LOCAL NETWORK

a) Local signalling assignment

Practical 1: System Operation
1. How many locations in the Connection Memory need to be written for one speech
connection?
2. How long does each sample of data remain in the Data Memory?
3. What is the sequence of actions to find the correct data for the Outlet during a
particular timeslot?
4. What entries are made in which locations in the Connection Memory for a
connection between lines L2 and L4?

Practical 2: Connection of Tones

1. What address in entered into which location of the Connection Memory to apply
Dial tone to line Line L3?
2. Why?

3. Is there any limit to the number of lines which can receive the same tone from one
source at the same time?
b) Digital Switch Control Assignment

c) Line Scan Assignment

Practical 1: Switch Hook
1. Can you detect a difference in speed of response to the Switch Hook when the
telephone is starting a call (Call Detect), or answering in the silent period, or when
it is ringing (Answer Detect)?
2. Why is there a difference?
3. Consider a call which has been established from Line L3 to L4. What action is
expected by the control if
(i) Bit 3 changes from 1 to 0;
(ii) Bit 2 changes from 1 to 0;

Practical 2: DTMF Receivers

1. Under what condition should the microprocessor control use the DTMF code for
any particular line?
2. Why does the Line Scan occur every 20 ms?
3. How does the control determine whether a keypad button has been presses more
than once?
4. What advantage is there in keeping the DTMF receivers connected continuosly?

d) Line Maps Assignment

Practical 1: Location Map
1. If Line L1 goes Off Hook, and there is no entry in the Location Map for that Line,
what state has the Call reached? What changes should be made in the Call Record?
2. If Line L2 goes Off Hook, and there is an entry in the Location Map for that line,
what state has the Call reached? What changes should be made in the Call Record?
3. If a Line goes On Hook, must the Control find an entry in the Location Map?

Practical 2: Condition Map

1. What Condition of the Lines is defined by each of the 2 Condition Maps?
2. If a Line goes Off Hook, but is found to be in the Busy Line Map, what action is
required by the Control system?
3. What is the advantage of the form of the Output Map?
e) Call progress assignment
Call Progress:
1. If a Call is terminated at State S2, which control phase takes over?
2. What possible States can a Call have before it is passed to the Supervision phase?
3. What scan rate is required for the Set Up functions?

Practical 2: Call Supervision

1. Explain the operation of each of the 3 Release Conventions.
2. Consider a system with only 2 telephones. There is no need for dialling, so as soon
as one telephone is lifted, the other one rings. What would be an appropriate
convention for releasing Calls?
3. What would be an appropriate scanning rate for the Supervision phase?

Practical 3: Call releasing

1. If a Call has reached State S5, and is then released, what Outputs are required?
2. How does the Control determine what actions are required when a Call is passed to
the Release phase?