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- From: marc@aria.Ascend.COM (Marco S Hyman)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.isdn
- Subject: Re: Asynchronous TAs
- Keywords: RS-232 asynch synch 57.6K 56K
- Message-ID: <5243@aria.Ascend.COM>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 17:13:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.192710.3006@xenitec.on.ca> <H.eg.37&NepFo9TQ@mips.ruessel.sub.org>
- Organization: Ascend Communications, Alameda, CA
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- In article <H.eg.37&NepFo9TQ@mips.ruessel.sub.org> naddy@mips.ruessel.sub.org writes:
- > The connection DTE<->TA should run at a commonly supported speed close
- > to or higher than 64kbps, with hardware flow control i.e. RTS/CTS, the
- > TA should bidirectionally buffer the data, strip start/stop bits, and
- > run a standardized HDLC-type protocol (LAPB?) over the ISDN line, This
- > way we also have flow control DCE-DCE, and most important efficient
- > usage of the B channel.
-
- You are describing V.120 rate adaption (almost). The V.120 spec is a set of
- diffs to the Q.921 (LAPD) spec; you need both.
-
- Warning: The handling of end-to-end flow control is not specified. At least
- one manufacturer pays attention to X-on/X-off between DTE and DCE,
- converting X-off into RNRs. At least one other manufacturer pays attention
- to X-on/X-off between DTE and DCE, but forwards the X-{on,off} character in
- the data stream. The two types do not interoperate very well.
-
- I don't know of any desktop TA that supports hardware flow control. I don't
- know of any that support V.120 at rates higher than 19.2 kbit/s. Note:
- I haven't paid any attention to this aspect of ISDN for well over a year so
- my knowledge is probably out of date.
-
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