Appendix G
ISDN Reference
This appendix explains ISDN technical terms. The appendix also provides you with forms to assist you when working with your local telephone company to set up ISDN services to use with your Model XM128 ISDN Digital Modem.
ISDN Overview
ISDN is a global system that provides a variety of
ISDN is based on various standards that define communications between switches and the equipment that connects to the switches. These standards allow most types of equipment to communicate across different types of switches in every part of the world. Implementation of network switches by telephone companies differs from country to country.
In North America, a separate ISDN standard called National ISDN
In the rest of the world, Digital Subscriber Signaling Number 1 (DSS1) is widely deployed with minor differences from country to country. In Germany, there is an old ISDN system called 1TR6, which will be replaced gradually by DSS1.
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