ISDN Subscriber Loop [Hardcover]

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the operation, standards and technology of the ISDN subscriber loop. It is an essential reference for any engineer or engineering manager involved in the design and development of ISDN equipment as well as advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of communications systems.ISDN - the dawning of a new era in telecommunications. ISDN standards and architecture. The S/T interface - the ISDN Basic Rate Access physical layer user-network interface. The U interface and the Basic Rate Access digital transmission system. Protocols for ISDN call control signalling. The ISDN Terminal. Voice and video communications in the ISDN. Data communication in the ISDN. The Private Branch Exchange (PBX) and Primary Rate Access (PRA) ISDN. Subscriber loop technologies beyond the ISDN. Appendices. Bibliography. Contacts. Glossary. Index.