DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126
Issue 4
June 1999
Maintenance Architecture
1-34Protocols
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Both the physical-layer protocol and the Digital Multiplexed Interface (DMI) mode
used in the connection are dependent upon the type of 8-bit code used at layer 2
between the DTE equipment and DCE equipment, as listed in Table 1-9
and
Table 1-10
.
Connectivity Rules
Figure 1-9 implies the following connectivity rules:
■ Only the DS1 port and the analog trunk port are trunking facilities (all other
ports are line ports). For communication over these facilities, the
destination DCE equipment can be a hemisphere away from the system,
and the signal can traverse any number of intervening switching systems
before reaching the destination equipment.
■ Data originating at any type of digital device, whether DCP or BRI, can exit
the system at any type of digital port — BRI, digital-line, PRI, DS1, and
others; as long as the call destination is equipped with a data module
using the same DMI mode used at the call origin. This is because once the
data enters the system through a digital port, its representation is uniform
(raw bits at layer 1, and DMI at level 2), regardless of where it originated.
Table 1-9. Physical-Layer Protocol Versus Character Code
Protocol Code
RS-232 Asynchronous 8-bit ASCII, and synchronous
RS-449 Asynchronous 8-bit ASCII, and synchronous
V.35 Synchronous
Table 1-10. Digital Multiplexed Interface (DMI) Mode Versus
Character Code
DMI Mode Code
0 Synchronous (64 kbps)
1 Synchronous (56 kbps)
2 Asynchronous 8-bit ASCII (up to 19.2 kbps), and synchronous
3 Asynchronous 8-bit ASCII, and private proprietary
