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Friday, November 21, 2008
The Bright Spark's Guide to Telecommunications
Home
Cable Plant
Basic Call Center
Area Codes
T1 Digital Signal
Voice Path
8-Bit Binary Calc (Modal)
C4 - 568A / 568B
Comm Closet
Frame Colors
POP/Demarc
RJ Info
Tip and Ring
Wire Level
66 Block
110 Patch Panel
AgentStaffer Calc [ Modal ]
Erlang C Calc [ Modal ]
Vanity # Calc { Modal ]
Choke Network
DTMF
Digital Phone
Inside the PBX
PBX
Switch Room
SONET
T1 Bullets
T1 Channels
T1 Rollover
T1 Technology
Trunks
Erlang B Calc (Modal)
Faces from the Past
All Things Binary
Electrical Voice Path
Decimal, Hex, and Binary Table
Decibel [ Modal ]
Direct Wave [ Modal ]
Watt Cost [ Modal ]
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Digital Signal
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Here are a couple of tables:
one on US ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Designations.
another on European Designations.
Hope they prove to be useful to you.
Digital Signal Level Transmission Throughput
US (ANSI)
Digital Signal Level
Throughput
Notes
DS0
64 Kbps
1 T1 Channel
DS1
1.544 Mbps
1 T1 (24 DSO's)
DS1C
3.152 Mbps
2 T1's
DS2
6.312 Mbps
4 T1's
DS3
44.736 Mbps
28 T1's
DS4
274.176 Mbps
168 T1's
DS1's are commonly referred to as T's - T Spans - T1's.
The technology may be ported to Copper, Fiber or Wireless Transport media. T1's may be dedicated to voice, data or video transmissions or to channelized combinations of all.
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Digital Signal Level Transmission Throughput
European (CCITT or ITU)
Digital Signal Level
Throughput
US Equiv.
E1
2.048 Mbps
1 T1
E2
8.448 Mbps
4 T1's
E3
34.368 Mbps
16 T1's
E4
139.264 Mbps
64 T1's
It should be noted that the CCITT (Consultative Committee for International Telephony and Telegraphy) or the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) recognize DS0 through DS4 Signaling Levels.
Home
Cable Plant
Basic Call Center
Area Codes
T1 Digital Signal
Voice Path
8-Bit Binary Calc (Modal)
C4 - 568A / 568B
Comm Closet
Frame Colors
POP/Demarc
RJ Info
Tip and Ring
Wire Level
66 Block
110 Patch Panel
AgentStaffer Calc [ Modal ]
Erlang C Calc [ Modal ]
Vanity # Calc { Modal ]
Choke Network
DTMF
Digital Phone
Inside the PBX
PBX
Switch Room
SONET
T1 Bullets
T1 Channels
T1 Rollover
T1 Technology
Trunks
Erlang B Calc (Modal)
Faces from the Past
All Things Binary
Electrical Voice Path
Decimal, Hex, and Binary Table
Decibel [ Modal ]
Direct Wave [ Modal ]
Watt Cost [ Modal ]
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