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Chapter 6
Telecommunications
Introduction
The PBX works like an internal telephone switch. It routes internal calls between
handsets at the site, and it routes calls between the firm and the PSTN.
c) What type of wiring does business telephony use for building wiring?
4-pair UTP wiring.
d) What is the most expensive part of customer premises equipment to purchase and
install?
Wiring.
4. a) What is the local loop?
The local loop is another name for the collection of access lines that run from the
customer premises to the PSTN’s central transport core.
b) What is the function of the transport core?
The transport core carries traffic between end office switches.
c) What are the two elements of the transport core?
The two elements of the transport core are trunk lines and switches.
d) Which is changing more rapidly—the access system or the transport core?
The transport core is changing more rapidly.
e) Explain why.
The transport core is changing more rapidly because changing the transport core
represents a smaller investment than changing the access system.
Also, changes in the transport core can save carriers a great deal of money.
5. a) What is signaling?
Signaling is the controlling of calling, including setting up a path for a
conversation through the transport core, maintaining and terminating the
conversation path, collecting billing information, and handling other supervisory
functions.
b) In telephony, distinguish between transport and signaling.
Transport is the actual transmission of voices. Signaling is the supervision of the
PSTN, including connections.
Circuit Switching
Circuits
Dial-Up Circuits
TDM leads to 64 kbps per channel. h) Explain why TDM leads to T1’s 1.544 Mbps
speed.
The parts of the telephone system that are largely digital today are almost all of
the switches and trunk lines in the PSTN transport core.
Large businesses even get digital access lines for their local loop communication.
c) What parts of the telephone system are largely analog today?
The residential local loop is the only part of the telephone system that is largely
analog today. (Of course phones are analog too.)
d) What is the role of the codec in the end office switch?
The codec in the end office switch converts between the analog local loop signals
and the digital signals of the end office switch.
e) When a customer signal arrives on the access line to the end office switch, does the
codec perform ADC or DAC? Explain.
The incoming signal is analog. The codec must translate this into a digital signal
that can travel through the telephone system’s core. So analog-to-digital
conversion is needed.
Begin the box, “Codec Operation”
Codec Operation
Test Your Understanding
12. a) Explain why bandpass filtering is done.
Bandpass filtering is done to limit voice bandwidth.
b) Explain how the ADC generates 64 kbps of data for voice calls when it uses PCM.
The codec ADC samples the bandpass-filtered voice signal 8,000 times per
second (in order to sample at twice the highest frequency in the signal, thus
reproducing the signal with no loss of information).
During each sampling period, the codec measures the intensity of the signal. The
ADC represents the intensity of each sample by a number between 0 and 255. If
you multiply 8 bits per sample times 8,000 samples per second, you get 64,000
bits per second, or 64 kbps.
c) Why do we need DACs?
We need digital-to-analog converters (DACs) to convert transmissions from the
digital telephone network’s core to signals on the analog local loop.
d) How do DACs work?
As the DAC reads each sample, it puts a signal on the local loop that has the
intensity indicated for that sample. It keeps the intensity the same for 1/8000 of a
second. If the time period per intensity level is very brief, the amplitude changes
will sound smooth to the human ear.
End the box, “Codec Operation”
Cellular Telephony
Cellular Service
Cells
Test Your Understanding
13. a) In cellular technology, what is a cell?
In cellular technology, a cell is a small geographical area, a subdivision of a
metropolitan service area.
b) What is a cellsite?
A cellsite is the site near the middle of each cell, containing a transceiver and
supervising each mobile phone’s operation.
c) What are the two functions of the MTSO?
The mobile telephone switching office (MTSO) connects cellular customers to
one another and to wired telephone users. It also controls what happens at each of
the cellsites, determining what to do when people move from one cell to another,
including which cellsite should handle a caller when the caller wishes to place a
call.
Why Cells?
Test Your Understanding
14. a) Why does cellular telephony use cells?
Cellular telephony uses cells for channel reuse. The number of channels permitted
by regulators is limited, and subscriber demand is heavy. Cellular telephony uses
each channel multiple times, in different cells in the network.
b) What is the benefit of channel reuse?
The benefit of channel reuse is that it multiplies the effective channel capacity,
allowing more subscribers to be served with the limited number of channels
available.
c) If I use Channel 3 in a cell, can I reuse that same channel in an adjacent cell with
traditional cellular technology?
With traditional cellular technology, you cannot reuse Channel 3 in adjacent cells.
d) Can I reuse Channel 3 in adjacent cells if the cellular system uses CDMA
transmission?
If the cellular system uses code division multiple access (CDMA), you can reuse
Channel 3 in adjacent cells.
Basics
Test Your Understanding
16. a) What is VoIP?
VoIP is the transmission of telephone signals over IP internets instead of over
circuit-switched networks.
b) What is the promise of VoIP?
The promise of VoIP is to reduce telephone costs by switching from circuit
switching to more efficient packet switching.
c) What two devices can be used by VoIP callers?
IP telephones and multimedia PCs.
d) What is the purpose of a media gateway?
A media gateway connects a VoIP network to the public switched telephone
network.
e) Why is having a media gateway in a VoIP system important?
Without a media gateway, VoIP users could only talk to one another.
VoIP Signaling
Test Your Understanding
17. a) What are the two major protocols for VoIP signaling?
H.323 and the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
b) Which of these protocols is growing rapidly?
SIP
c) Describe how SIP initiates a communication session.
One VoIP phone sends an INVITE message to its own SIP proxy survey.
The sender’s proxy gateway passes the INVITE to the called party’s proxy
survey.
The called party’s proxy server passes the INVITE to the called party.
VoIP Transport
IP Television (IPTV)
Test Your Understanding
18. a) What is the purpose of a VoIP codec?
To translate between the person’s speech and hearing and the VoIP network.
b) Some codecs compress voice more. What do they give up in doing so?
Sound quality.
c) In a VoIP transport packet, what is the application message?
A group of codec packets.
d) Does a VoIP transport packet use UDP or TCP? Explain why.
UDP. There is no time to wait for TCP’s retransmissions of lost or damaged
packets.
e) What two problems with UDP does RTP fix?
First, UDP does not guarantee that packets will be delivered in order. RTP adds a
sequence number so the application layer can put packets in the proper sequence.
Second, VoIP is highly sensitive to jitter, which is variable latency in packet
delivery. Jitter literally makes the voice sound jittery. RTP contains a time stamp
for when its package of octets should be played relative to the octets in the
previous packet. This allows the receiver to provide smooth playback.
f) List the headers and messages in a VoIP transport packet, beginning with the first
packet header to arrive at the receiver.
IP header – UDP header – RTP header – Octet stream
Yes.
c) Can a company save more money with long-distance VoIP or with VoIP within the
company’s sites? Explain.
It can save more money with long-distance VoIP because existing long-distance
telephony is very expensive, while LAN transmission costs are low.
Also, VoIP phones must be purchased and installed, and the wired LAN may have
to be upgraded to handle increased traffic and, hopefully, quality of service
improvements.
d) What is the main advantage of VoIP within sites?
The main advantage is the possibility of developing integrated voice and data
applications.
e) Is it easier to implement VoIP on wired LANs or WLANs? Explain.
It is easier to implement VoIP on wired LANs because WLANs have too much
latency and jitter.
f) What carriers provide VoIP service?
Traditional telephone companies, cable television companies, ISPs, and
companies that provide service over any ISP.
b) Distinguish between the cable television trunk cable and drop cable.
The thick trunk cable carries signals from the head end past the subscriber’s
house. The thin drop cable runs from the trunk cable into the home.
c) What was the traditional division of market dominance between telephone companies
and cable television companies?
The telephone companies dominated the market for telephone service, while cable
television companies dominated the wired television deliver market.
Data Transmission
Test Your Understanding
23. a) What does a telephone modem do?
Telephone modems receive digital signals from a computer, convert the digital
signals into analog signals, and transmit the analog signals over the subscriber’s
access line to the end office switch. When signals come back from the computer
at the other end of the line, the modem converts the incoming analog signal into
digital signals that the computer can use.
b) Why is the telephone company’s use of existing access lines important in ADSL
service?
There is no need to lay new wires to the subscriber to provide high-speed service.
c) In ADSL service, what does the DSLAM do?
It receives and sends digital signals over the existing 1-pair VG access line.
It sends telephone signals to the telephone network and data signals on to a data
network.
d) Do telephone modems tie up your telephone line when you use them to carry data? Do
DSL modems? Explain.
Yes and no. Telephone modems send data signals as if they were voice signals.
DSL modems transit data at a higher frequency range higher than the voice range,
so the signals do not interfere. The DSLAM sends the voice signal to the proper
destination and the DSL signal to the proper destination.
e) In DSL, what must be plugged into each telephone outlet?
A splitter.
f) Why is residential DSL service called ADSL service?
The speed is asymmetric, with a higher downstream speed than upstream speed.
Second-generation (2G) cellular service offers voice, texting, and camera picture
transmission. You can use a cellular modem to work with 2G cellular telephones,
but the rates at which data can be sent and received is very slow (only 10 kbps).
Third-generation (3G) cellular service can move data faster than 2G service.
Today, 3G services generally have the same throughput as low-end ADSL lines.
b) What may limit 3G cellular’s acceptance?
3G cellular’s acceptance may be limited by the fact that it is expensive and
operates at somewhat sluggish speeds.
c) Do WiMAX carriers primarily use licensed or unlicensed bands? Why?
WiMAX carriers primarily use licensed bands. This is because it is only really
possible to offer good service in regulated bands.
d) What are WiMAX profiles, and why are they important?
WiMAX profiles are important because they ensure that companies can design
their systems for interoperability. In addition, by limiting interoperability profiles,
they allow vendors to focus on parts of the market that other vendors will be
operating in.
e) What four advanced technologies does WiMAX use?
Scalable OFDM, MIMO, adaptive antennas systems (AAS), and cellular
organization.
f) How does WiMAX ensure that each customer gets its his or her air share of
transmission speed?
WiMAX ensures that each customer gets his or her fair share of transmission
speed by using TDM in downstream links. TDM guarantees a time slot in each
frame for each subscriber.
g) What is the biggest problem for satellite access service?
The biggest problem for satellite access service is that it has relatively low speeds
and definitely high costs.
The backhaul issue is the fact that the entire carrier backbone plant has to be able
to handle the much higher speeds that customer premises generates.
Conclusion
Synopsis
End-of-Chapter Questions
Thought Questions
1. Trace the path of a call between a cellular subscriber and a wireline (normal telephone)
subscriber. There are several devices along the path. This requires you to think through
what you have learned in this chapter.
The call goes from the mobile phone to the nearest cellsite. It goes from the
cellsite to the MTSO, from the MTSO to the POP, and from the POP to the
wireline carrier.
2. (If you read the box, “codec operation.”) Beings of the planet Zamco can hear
frequencies up to 30 kHz. However, they can only hear two loudness levels—soft and
deafening. The Zamconian telephone system uses PCM codecs. a) How many bits per
second will a Zamconian telephone call generate? Do your work in Excel, and copy and
paste your results into your answer page. b) How many bytes will it take to store an hour
of a Zamconian telephone conversation? (Hint: The answers to a) and b) are 60 bps and
26 MB, respectively.)
Bandwidth 30 kHz
Samples/second (x2
bandwidth) 60 samples/second
Bits per sample 1 bps
Data rate/channel 60 bps
Data per minute (x60) 3,600 bits/minute
Data rate per hour (x60) 216,000 bits/hour
Bytes per hour (/8 bits/byte) 27,000 bytes/hour
Kilobytes/hour (/1,024) 26 kB
3. (If you read the box, “codec operation.”) In this chapter, you saw how PCM generates 64
kbps of data when it digitizes voice. For music CDs (which store information digitally), a
PCM-like algorithm was used. However, instead of cutting off sounds above 3.4 kHz,
music digitization uses a 20 kHz cutoff in order to capture the higher-pitched sounds of
musical instruments. Music digitization also uses 16 bits per sample, instead of the 8 bits
per sample used by voice, in order to give more precise volume representation.
Furthermore, music is presented in stereo, so there are two 20 kHz channels to digitize.
Audio CDs were designed to store one hour of digitized music. Compute how big audio
CDs need to be. Remember to convert your bit rates into bytes per second, and remember
that there are 1024 bytes in a kilobyte and 1024 kilobytes in a megabyte. (Hint: The first
CD-ROM disks, which were designed on the basis of audio disk technology, had 550 MB
of capacity. You should get a number reasonably close to this.) Calculate your answer in
a spreadsheet. Copy and paste the spreadsheet into your answer page.
Bandwidth 20 kHz
Samples/second (x2
bandwidth) 40 samples/second
Bits per sample 16 bps
Data rate/channel 640,000 bps
Channels 2 channels
Total data rate 1,280,000 bps
Data per minute (x60) 76,800,000 bits/minute
Data rate per hour (x60) 4,608,000,000 bits/hour
Bytes per hour (/8 bits/byte) 576,000,000 bytes/hour
Kilobytes/hour (/1,024) 562,500 kB/hour
Megabytes/hour (/1,024) 549 MB/hour
4. Telephone modems convert analog signals to digital signals and digital signals to analog
signals. Codecs convert analog signals to digital signals and digital signals to analog
signals. How are modems different from codecs?
Modems convert digital computer signals into analog signals that can travel down
the telephone line to the end office switch. (And vice versa)
Codecs convert analog signals arriving from subscribe homes into digital signals
that can travel over the PSTN digital core. (And vice versa)
Hands-On Exercises
1. How fast is your Internet connection? See for yourself by going to
http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/default.asp, http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-
0.html, and http://speedmatters.org. All three provide a test of your Internet download
speed. a) How were you connected to the Internet (telephone modem connection, cable
modem connection, DSL connection, lab at school)? b) What was your download speed
in each of the three services? c) What speeds were cited for different countries at
http://speedmatters.org?
Answers will vary.
Perspective Questions
1. What was the most surprising thing you learned in this chapter?
2. What was the most difficult material for you in this chapter?
Projects
1. Look up speed and price alternatives in your area for ADSL, cable modem service, 3G
telephony, and WiMAX.
2. Do a report on Verizon’s FiOS fiber-to-the-home service.
Getting Current
Go to the book website’s New Information and Errors pages for this chapter to get new
information since this book went to press and for corrections to any errors in the text.