Table of Content1 Perspectives on the PSTN 2 Analog Modems 3 Integrated Services Digital Network 4 Digital Subscriber Line 5 Cable Modems 6 Comparison of Remote Access Technologies... Co
Trang 1Module 06 WAN
Technology
Chapter 19 Remote Access Technologies
Trang 2Table of Content
1 Perspectives on the PSTN
2 Analog Modems
3 Integrated Services Digital Network
4 Digital Subscriber Line
5 Cable Modems
6 Comparison of Remote Access Technologies
Trang 31 Perspectives on the PSTN
Trang 4Analog signal
Sound waves travel through the air by vibrating the air The
human ear hears the sound because the ear vibrates as a
result of the air inside the ear moving, which, in turn,
causes the brain to process the sounds that were heard by
the ear
The PSTN, however, cannot forward sound waves Instead,
a telephone simply converts the sound waves into an analog electrical signal The PSTN can send the electrical signal
between one phone and another On the receiving side, the
phone converts the electrical signal back to sound waves
Trang 5Digital signal
Electrically, digital signals use a defined set of both positive
Trang 6Converting Analog Voice to Digital
Voice
Digital T1 line
Telco voice switch
Telco voice switch
Local loop
(analog)
Local loop (analog)
PCM codec converts Digital ←→ Analog
PCM codec converts Digital ←→ Analog
PSTN
Trang 72 ANALOG MODEMS
Trang 8Basic Operation of Modems over
PSTN
Digital T1 line
Telco voice switch
Telco voice switch
Local loop (analog)
Local loop (analog)
PCM codec converts Digital ←→ Analog
PCM codec converts Digital ←→ Analog
PSTN
Modem converts
Digital ←→ Analog
Trang 9Modulation and Demodulation
• Amplitude Modulated, Frequency Modulated, Phase modulation
Trang 10Point-to-Point Protocol Features with
Modems
Most computers today use PPP as the data-link protocol
when using modems.
PPP supports both synchronous communication, as
typically is done over leased point-to-point lines, as well as
asynchronous communication, which typically is done over
dialed circuits using modems.
PPP includes some features that are important when using
modems to dial into an ISP:
PPP includes the capability of dynamically assigning an IP
address to a device on the other end of the PPP link.
PPP supports that Challenge Handshake Authentication
Protocol (CHAP), which popularly is used to allow the dial-in
user to supply a username and password to gain access to the
ISP network.
Trang 11Modem Installation and Cabling
External modems can be connected to a PC using either a
COM port or a USB port
Internal modems are installed in an expansion card slot
PCMCIA modems simply can be inserted into the
convenient PC card slot in the side of a laptop computer
Trang 12Modem Standards
Standard Speed Comment
V.22 1200 bps Mainly used outside the United States
V.22 bis 2400 bps First widely deployed worldwide standard
V.32 4800/9600 bps Adjusts speed based on line quality
V.32 bis 14.4 kbps Backward compatible with V.32
V.34 28.8 kbps Backward compatible with V.32bis and V.32
V.42 28.8 kbps Same speed as V.34, but with errorcorrection features
V.90 56 kbps (down
stream) 33 kbps (upstream)
Created from two earlier competing standards, X2 and K56Flex
V.92 56/33 kbps or 48
kbps for each direction
Connects and finds correct speed more quickly than V.90; allows “modem-onhold”
Trang 133 Integrated Services Digital
Network
Trang 14Introducing ISDN
The ISDN standards define the hardware and call setup
schemes for end-to-end digital connectivity
ISDN allows digital signals to be transmitted over existing
telephone wiring
ISDN brings digital connectivity to local sites The following
list provides some of the benefits of ISDN:
Carries a variety of user traffic signals, including data,
voice, and video
Offers much faster call setup than modem connections
B channels provide a faster data transfer rate than
modems
B channels are suitable for negotiated Point-to-Point
Protocol (PPP) links
Trang 15ISDN channels
ISDN uses out-of-band signaling, the delta (D channel), for
call setup and signaling
ISDN uses bearer channels, also called B channels, as clear
data paths Each B channel provides 64 kbps of bandwidth
Each ISDN B channel can make a separate serial
connection to any other site in the ISDN network
Trang 16D Channel Call Setup Signaling and
Resulting B-Channel Call
Trang 17Typical Uses of ISDN
Routers frequently use ISDN to create a backup link when
their primary leased line or Frame Relay connection is lost
ISDN supports multiple concurrent data bearer channels
For instance, you can use your PC to dial two different sites
at the same time You can make two calls to the same ISP,
increasing the speed You also can use one B channel for
data and make a voice call using the other B channel
Trang 18ISDN Installation and Cabling
A COM port or a USB port connects to the ISDN modem or
the terminal adapter (TA)
Telco
RS-232 2 wires
ISDN modem
Trang 194 Digital Subscriber Line
Trang 20THE KEY FEATURES OF DSL
DSL allows analog voice signals and digital data signals to
be sent over the same local loop wiring
Similar to ISDN, the local loop must be connected to
something besides a traditional voice switch at the local
CO: a device called a DSL access multiplexer (DSLAM)
DSL allows for a concurrent voice call to be up at the same time as the data connection
Unlike modems and ISDN, DSL’s data component is always on—in other words, you don’t have to signal to set up a
data circuit
Trang 22Protocols Used with a DSL Router
Trang 235 Cable Modems
Trang 24Cable modem
Cable modems provide an always-on Internet access
service, while allowing you to surf the Internet over the
cable and make all the phone calls you want over your
telephone line—and you can watch TV at the same time!
Cable modems use some of the bandwidth that otherwise
might have been allocated for new TV channels, using
those frequency bands for transferring data It’s a little like
having an “Internet” channel to go along with CNN, TBS,
ESPN, The Cartoon Network, and all your other favorite
cable channels
Trang 25Cable Modems Terminology
Trang 266 Comparison of Remote
Access Technologies
Trang 27Layer 1 and Layer 2 between the Home
and the Head End
The data going toward the home as downstream data, and
data from the home as upstream data.
Downstream data uses standards that are consistent with
some of the standards for sending digital video over cable
In fact, you can think of the downstream data as being
sent over another TV channel For downstream data, the
data over cable standards takes advantage of the fact that
the signals are broadcast to all subscribers in a section of
the cable plant
Trang 28Layer 1 and Layer 2 between the Home
and the Head End (cont.)
CATV standards call for the use of a data-link protocol
called Multimedia Cable Network Systems (MCNS) MAC
MCNS is similar to Ethernet’s MAC, as defined in the IEEE
802.3 specification, including the use of Ethernet MAC
addresses So, although all downstream data is sent to all
drops in the cable system, only those with a cable modem
know that data has been received, and only the PCs with
the correct MAC address process the data
MCNS also defines the physical encoding details MCNS
calls for the use of a modulation method called quadrature
amplitude modulation (QAM)
Trang 29Upstream Data
The upstream data channel uses a totally separate
frequency range than the downstream channel, so no
collisions occur between downstream and upstream data
However, all upstream data from multiple cable subscribers
does share the same frequency range—the same channel,
essentially—so collisions can occur between data sent
toward the Internet by the different home users
MCNS defines the use of a multiplexing method called
time-division multiple access (TDMA), in which each home user
is granted regular time periods during which to send
upstream data These time slots happen multiple times per