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PARTNER® ACS 1600 DSL Module Planning Checklist
Required Information Notes Sample values Enter values for current installation
Transmit/Receive CIR1The Committed Information Rate (CIR) to and from the provider. Default values may be
used unless instructed by provider. Valu e should be the same for both voice and data
PVCs.
There are three values associated with CIR:
• Committed Burst Size (Bc)
• Circuit throughput
• Excess Burst Size (Be)
Leave each of these settings at default values unless instructed otherwise by the service
provider.
FRF.12 End-to-End
Fragmentation1Leave this setting at the default value unless instructed
otherwise by the service provider. Enabled or Disabled Voice:
Data:
Fragment Size1Leave this setting at the default value unless instructed
otherwise by the service provider. 100-1600 Voice:
Data:
4. ATM PVC Settings Obtain these permanent virtual circuit settings if your SDSL provider u ses the A TM protocol. R ememb er that sep arate PVC set tings
are required for the voice and data connections.
VPI1Unique Virtual Port Identifier value assigned to each
ATM connection 32, 33 Voice:
Data:
VCI1Unique Virtual Circuit Identifier value assigned to each
ATM connection. 34, 35 Voice:
Data:
Encapsulation1The manner in which headers are assigned to packets.
Differentiates between voice calls and data. This does
not default automatically. It must be set manually.
Proprietary Voice,
RFC 1483 Voice: Proprietary Voice
Data: RFC 1483
Service Category1The manner in which bits are handled in the PVC.
Differentiates between voice calls and data. Defaults
automatically to UBR for PVCs using proprietary voice
encapsulation.
CBR, UBR Voice: CBR
Data: UBR
1. Obtained from SDSL provider
2. Obtained from ISP
3. Obtained from customer/LAN VAR