`Telecommunications
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`Andy Valdar
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`Understanding telecommunication networks
`1. Telecommunication systems
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`Understanding telecommunications networks
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`The necessary interconnectionof all these types of networks within a country and to
`networks in other countries was described.
`Wealso introduced the concept ofthe Internet and how subscribers gain access to
`it via the PSTN, cable modems over Cable TV networks, ADSL broadband or over
`private circuits using optical fibre.
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`Box 2.1 PBXs and Virtual Private Networks
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`Businesses which have more than a few telephones use a private branch
`exchange system, known as a PBX,to provide call connections between each
`telephone (which become ‘extensions’) and links into the PSTN [7]. The PBX
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`is really a small version ofthe PSTN exchanges,typically ranging in sizes from
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`10 up to 5,000 extensions. A private numbering schemeis required to enable
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`extension to extension dialling, also special codes(e.g. ‘dial 9’) are required to
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`enable calls to be made to the PSTN.Incomingcalls from the PSTN haveto be
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`answeredby a receptionist or operator at a manual console so that the appropri-
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`ate (privately numbered) extension can be contacted. Alternatively, the exten-
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`sion numbers can form part of the public numbering scheme (see Chapter 10)
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`so that calls from the PSTN canbe directly switched by the PBX to the required
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`extension (known as DDI), so avoiding the need for manual intervention where
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`the caller knows the numberofthe wanted extension. Onlythe calls to the PSTN
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`are charged. The corporate customer ownsandpaysfor its PBX.
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`In the case where a company extends over two or moresites (e.g. office
`or factory buildings) the PBXs on each site can be linked by private circuits,
`thus enabling calling between all the extensions. This is knownas a ‘private
`corporate network’ (or just ‘private network’). In this case the private num-
`bering schemeextendsacrossall the PBXs and usually each PBX is linked to
`the PSTN. Charging only applies to calls leaving the private network for the
`PSTN,although, of course, a rental charge is made by the network operator for
`the lease of the private circuits.
`A virtual private network (VPN) provides an alternative to the use ofprivate
`circuits between each PBX, as shown in Fig. 2.12(a). The VPN exchange
`switches calls between the PBXs connectedto it (e.g. between PBXs ‘a’ and
`‘b’) as well as to trunk links to the other PBXs in the VPN corporate network.
`However, the VPNis provided overpublic exchanges,either as special business
`exchanges or as part of the PSTN. Each VPN exchange switches the private
`network calls of several private corporate networks, although each operates
`in isolation, using its own numbering scheme. Thus, each corporate network
`appears to have the benefits ofa private set of links between their PBXs, even
`though connectivity is provided over public exchanges — hencethe use of the
`word ‘virtual’ in VPN. The VPN customer is charged a subscription for the
`VPN service based on a certain level of inter-PBX calls (traffic); there are
`usually charges made whenthe level of calls between any two PBXs exceeds
`the agreed threshold.
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`The many networks and howthey link
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`Box 2.2. Centrex Service
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`Centrex is the generic name of a service in which extension-to-extension calls
`within a customer’s site are switched by the public exchange, thus elimi-
`nating the need for a PBX [7]. This requires that each extension from the
`building be carried over the access network to the centrex exchange, which
`serves many centrex customers, each with their own private extension num-
`bering scheme. Again, calls between the different centrex groups are kept
`isolated within the exchange, and charging only relates to calls that go out to
`the PSTN. The service can extend across several centrex exchanges (known
`as ‘networked centrex’), as required to serve the company’s private corpo-
`rate network, as shown in Fig. 2.12(b).
`(Note that networked centrex is
`not the same as a VPNsince the role of the PBXs is taken by the centrex
`exchanges.)
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`Finally, the various specialised networks associated with a PSTN wereintroduced,
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`Operator services network;
`Business services network;
`Intelligent network;
`Private circuit-services network;
`Frame relay network;
`ATM network;
`IP network;
`MPLSnetwork;
`Telex network.
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`The chapter concluded with a simple model, which aimed to help position the
`specialised networks with the common access and core transmission networks.
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