AT&T 2500 series, 7500 series, 7100 series, 7200 series, 7400 series, 7300 series manual BX.25

D-18COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS

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⎜ Transmit Pair	⎜⎜	1&2	⎜	3&6	⎜
⎜ Receive Pair	⎜⎜	3&6	⎜	4&5	⎜

In terms of time sequence the DCP protocol was introduced with System 85 Release 1, the ISDN-BRI is first available with System 85 R2V5. Therefore, the DCP protocol was the initial AT&T attempt to implement what was then the unspecified ISDN basic rate interface (BRI). Like BRI, DCP supports two separate 64-kbps voice/data channels (I-fields) and a separate signaling channel. However, there are several differences between BRI and DCP. Table D-5is a comparison between DCP and ISDN-BRI. Note that currently, and since the CCITT has not fully agreed on equivalent signaling for many DCP supported services, those BRI services supported on the signaling channel are only a subset of those supported by DCP.

Note: Although DCP combines voice and data for transmission purposes, the digital switch routes (switches) the voice (I1 channel) independent of the data (I2 channel). Both may be routed to the same or separate destination ports. Although the channels can transport 64-kbps data, rates less than this are also supported.

For data modules, the I-channel supports both asynchronous (character by character) and synchronous (continuous bit stream) data formats. The protocol supports all common synchronous data rates (e.g., 1.2, 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2, 56, and 64 kbps). The I-channels support all common asynchronous data rates (e.g., 110; 134.5; 150; 300; 600; 1,200; 2,400; 4,800; 9,600; and 19,200 bps).

The S- and I-channels of the data modules provide all necessary control capabilities to fully support the connected data terminal device. These control capabilities include the transport of control signals, as well as initializing and maintenance data for RS-232C, RS-449/RS-423, and V.35 physical level protocols.

The wide variety of supported data rates and their associated or required control capabilities are grouped into four categories known as data modes. Specifically, these are DATA modes 0, 1, 2, and 3.

BX.25

BX.25 protocol is a superset of X.25 protocol. AT&T uses BX.25 for communications over the System 85 and Generic 2 digital communications interface unit (DCIU) channel and over the System 75 and Generic 1 processor interface (PI). The following brief discussion of BX.25 is intended to introduce relevant terminology used in describing the DCIU.

BX.25 is a layered protocol, which means that the details of error correction and flow control are handled by lower level layers in a way which is transparent to higher level layers. Here are the levels the BX.25 uses:

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⎜ Layer 5	⎜	Application Layer	⎜
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⎜ Layer 4	⎜	Session Layer	⎜
⎜ Layer 3	⎜ Packet Layer		⎜
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⎜ Layer 2	⎜	Data-Link Layer	⎜
⎜ Layer 1	⎜ Physical Layer		⎜