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ISDN Explained

Recent years have seen the introduction of ISDN, a tool for businesses which unleashes a whole new concept to telecommunications.

MSN/DDI

ISDN allows multiple telephone numbers over fewer channels. It allows an ISDN 2 circuit (2 lines) to have for example 20 different incoming telephone numbers, each of which can be handled differently. For example, each system extension can have it's own incoming direct telephone number, your fax number may be routed through the system to the fax extension. The main benefit of this is cost. You no longer have to have a separate line for faxes, modems, alarms, private lines or projects requiring new numbers.

CLIP caller ID

As ISDN provides digital signalling between the local exchange and your telephone system supplementary information is also transmitted down the circuits. This information includes caller ID, extension numbers, and call setup information enabling enhancements such as voicemail systems, CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) packages to work smoothly and efficiently, often logging the callers number.

Channel bonding

The ISDN protocol allows multiple channels to bond together. Especially useful for video-conferencing and internet access where faster data transfer rates are required. For example, you can bond 2 x 64K channels into 1 X 128 K circuit for faster internet access than a standard 56K modem.

Protocols

There are two main ISDN products; Basic rate (ISDN2) which is two 64k channels and Primary Rate (ISDN30) which has two main protocols; DASS II a coax presented system and ETSI or I421 also known as Q931 Euro ISDN. presented on a modular RJ45 connector each of which can carry upto thirty 64k channels.

The main differences between the circuits are that DASS II although allowing both DDI and non DDI channels on the same circuit will not permit the outgoing CLI information to differ from that of the main number. For example, a customer may have a DASS II ISDN 30 circuit with DDI numbers 01234 567800 through to 567839 and although an incoming DDI number to a user may be 567834 the outgoing CLI will be 567800. ETSI would allow the correct number to be transmitted.

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