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voice transmission. |
Pulse Code Modulation or PCM is when the binary signal is transmitted in |
serial form. Binary coding represents bits or binary digits at 0 and 1 levels. |
These levels have a definite time relationship with one another. Time Division |
Multiplexing or TDM is the type of multiplexing, sometimes abbreviated as MUX, |
done for digital transmission. |
Metallic--Metallic facilities carry only one Voice Frequency (VF) channel. |
Typically, a metallic facility is used to connect business or residential |
lines to a CO. Coaxial cable can be used to transmit both Analog and Digital |
signals as well as Metallic signals. |
VF channels have a 4000 Hz bandwidth, from 0 to 4000 Hz. However, the |
in-band range of the voice frequency is between 200 and 3400 Hz. Signals that |
are out of this frequency range but still within the VF channel are out of |
band signals. A supervisory equivalent to 2600 for out of band is 3700 Hz. The |
amount of VF channels vary according to the transmission facilities that are |
being used. |
CCIS (Common Channel Interoffice Signalling) is where control or |
supervisory signals are sent on a separate data link between switching |
offices. CCIS links operate at 4800 bps, or baud. Signal Transfer Points in |
the switch send the supervisory information over the dedicated link. This |
prevents supervisory tones from subscriber stations to register with the |
telephone network as a change in trunk status. |
Reverse Battery Signalling- When the called end answers, the polarity and |
condition of the Ring and Tip leads is reversed to indicate the status of the |
connection. Conditions for a call being placed, but not yet answered, is |
ground on the Tip and battery (the CO battery current is flowing through) on |
the Ring. When the called party answers, by the action of relays in the |
switching equipment, current is reversed in the calling subscriber loop and |
battery is placed on the Tip and ground on the Ring, which remains during the |
talking. |
E and M- Leads connecting switching equipment to trunk circuits are termed |
the E and M leads, for receive and transmit. The E lead reflects the far-end |
or terminating end condition of the trunk. Ground on the E lead indicates that |
a signal has been received from the other end. The E lead is open when the |
trunk is idle. The M lead reflects the the near end condition of the trunk. It |
is grounded when the trunk is idle, and goes to battery condition when the |
called party goes off hook. Long interoffice and short haul toll trunks use |
this signalling method. |
It should be noted that AC signalling is Alternating Current, and is used |
on the intertoll network, and interoffice and short haul toll trunks. DC, or |
direct current, is used on two wire or intraoffice connections, and local |
interoffice trunks. |
Single Frequency (SF)- Single Frequency is an in-band 2600 Hz signalling |
system. When a four wire trunk is idle, and is equipped for SF in band |
signalling, a 2600 Hz tone is being transmitted in both directions. When the |
trunk is seized at an originating position, the M lead is changed from ground |
to battery state. This removes the 2600 Hz supervisory tone from the outgoing |
trunk pair. The loss of the 2600 Hz will be detected at the far end by the SF |
signalling unit, changing the far end E lead condition from open to ground, |
causing switching equipment to function. When ground is restored to the M |
lead, replacing 2600 on the near end trunk, the pulsing of address information |
begins. |
Multi-Frequency (MF)- The MF pulsing method uses AC signals in the voice |
frequency range, and transmits address information between COs by combinations |
of only 2 of 5 frequencies. MF is used for the sending of address information, |
as mentioned before. Other signalling methods are still required for trunk |
control and supervision. There are six MFs comprising MF codes. These are 200 |
Hz apart in the 700-1700 range. Two frequencies are sent at once, thus |
explaining the term 'Multi frequency.' |
MF pulsing is initiated by manual keysets and the TSPS switchboard, or by |
MF outpulsing senders in ESS and Xbar. MF pulsing is very rapid and only |
occurs when a connection is being established. KPs, or Key Pulses, are used as |
a signal to start MF pulsing. STs, or STart tones are used as a signal to |
indicate the end of MF pulsing. |
As an example of MF signalling, take a toll switchboard trunk connected to |
a Xbar Central Office. The operator selects an idle trunk, and presses the KP |
button on the keyset to signal the distant sender or register link equipment |
to connect to a MF receiver. The S lamp on the keyset will light when the far |
end is ready to receive MF pulses. After keypulsing the digits of the called |
number, the operator presses the ST button, which indicates the end of pulsing |
and disconnects the keyset from the operator's cord circuit and extinguishes |
the KP and S lamps. |
At the terminating CO, the two MF tones of each digit are amplified and |
limited in the MF receiver unit associated with the incoming sender and |
register circuit. The frequencies are selected by channel filters in the MF |
receiver and then detected. The DC voltage that results will operate the |
proper channel relays to continue with the process of placing the call. |
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