Lecture - 01
Lecture - 01
Lecture - 01
ICT-4103
By-
Dr. Jesmin Akhter
Professor
Institute of Information Technology
Jahangirnagar University
WHAT IS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Communications at a distance.
Telecommunications are the transmission of signals over long distance, such as by
telegraph, radio, or television.
Telecommunications are the means of electronic transmission of information over
distances . The information may be in the form of voice telephone calls, data, text,
images, or video
TRANSMISSION MEDIA
Telecommunications links may be implemented with various communication media,
with a corresponding variety of characteristics. The main feature of a medium is its
potential transmission speed.
Six potential media are employed to implement telecommunication links:
1. Twisted pair
2. Coaxial cable
3. Fiber Optics cable
4. Terrestrial Microwave
5. Satellite Transmission
6. Radio Transmission
TRANSMISSION MEDIA
• A connection is made to the called subscriber line, and the switch sends a special ringing
signal down that loop to the called subscriber, and her/his telephone rings, telling her/him
that someone wishes to talk to her/him on the telephone.
• This audible ringing is called alerting, another form of signaling. Once the called
subscriber goes off-hook (i.e., takes the telephone out of its cradle), there is activated
connectivity, and the call enters the information-passing phase or phase 2 of the telephone
INTRODUCTORY TOPICS IN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Suppose now that a subscriber wishes to call another telephone subscriber outside the
local serving area of her/his switch. The call setup will be similar as before, except that at
the calling subscriber serving switch the call will be connected to an outgoing trunk.
Subscriber loops connect end-users (subscriber) to a local serving switch and trunks
interconnect exchanges or switches.
• When the call is completed, the telephones at each end are returned to their cradle,
breaking the circuit of each subscriber loop. The current stops flowing. Phase 3 of the
telephone call begins. It terminates the call, and the connecting circuit in the switch is
taken down and is then freed-up for another user.
• Both subscriber loops are now idle. If a third user tries to call either subscriber during
stages 2 and 3, she/he is returned a busy-back by the exchange (serving switch). This is
the familiar “busy signal,”. The return of the busy-back is a form of signaling called call-
progress signaling.
INTRODUCTORY TOPICS IN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• A trunk can be defined as “a transmission path between exchanges or central
offices.”
• The transmission medium might be wire-pair cable, fiber-optic cable, microwave
radio, and satellite communications. In the conventional telephone plant, coaxial
cable has fallen out of favor as a transmission medium for this application.
• Of course, in the long-distance plant, satellite communication is fairly widely
employed, particularly for international service.
TELEPHONE NUMBERING AND
ROUTING
• Every subscriber in the world is identified by a number, which is geographically tied to a
physical location. This is the telephone number. The telephone number, as we used it: the last
four digits identify the subscriber line. The first three digits (i.e., 234) identify the serving
switch (or exchange).
• Let’s consider he subscriber number, consisting of the last four digits, has a theoretical
numbering capacity of 10,000. The first telephone number issued could be 0000; the second
number, if it were assigned in sequence, would be 0001, the third would be 0002, and so on.
At the point where the numbers ran out, the last number issued would be 9999.
• The first three digits of the example above contain the exchange code which identify the
exchange or switch. The theoretical maximum capacity is 1000. If again we assign numbers in
sequence, the first exchange would have 001, the next 002, then 003, and finally 999.
TELEPHONE NUMBERING AND
ROUTING
• In the case of the exchange code, there are blocked numbers.
• Numbers starting with 0 may not be desirable because in North America 0 is used to dial the
operator.
• The numbering system for North America (United States, Canada, and Caribbean islands) is
governed by the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It states that central office codes
(exchange codes) are in the form NXX, where N can be any number from 2 through 9 and X can be
any number from 0 through 9. Numbers starting with 0 or 1 are blocked numbers in the case of the
first digit N. This cuts the total exchange code capacity to 800 numbers.
• Inside these 800 numbers there are five blocked numbers such as 555 for directory assistance and
958/959 for local plant test.
TELEPHONE NUMBERING AND
ROUTING
• For long-distance service we must use an additional three digits. These are called area
codes.
• In the official North American terminology used in the NANP is “NPA” for numbering
plan area are called NPA codes.
• Both exchange codes and NPA codes do not cross political/administrative boundaries.
Such as state, city, and county boundaries.
• We have seen exceptions to the county/city rule, but not to the state. For example, the
exchange code 443 (in the 508 area code, middle Massachusetts) is exclusively for the
use of the town of Sudbury, Massachusetts. Bordering towns, such as Framingham, shall
not use that number. Of course, the 443 exchange code number is meant for Sudbury’s
singular central office (local serving switch). There is similar thinking for NPAs (area
codes). In this case, these area codes may not cross state boundaries. For instance, 212 is
for Manhattan and may not be used for northern New Jersey.
TELEPHONE NUMBERING AND
ROUTING
• For telephone call, the calling party wishes to speak to a called party that is served by a different
exchange. We will assign the digits 234 for the calling party’s serving exchange; for the called party’s
serving exchange we assign the digits 447. This connectivity is shown graphically in Figure 1.5.
• The functions required for the calling party to reach her/his exchange( 234 exchange): It examines
the dialed digits of the called subscriber, 447–8765.
• To route the call, the exchange will only work upon the first three digits. It accesses its local look-up
table for the routing to the 447 exchange and takes action upon that information.
TELEPHONE NUMBERING AND
ROUTING
• An appropriate vacant trunk is selected for this route, and the signaling for the call advances to the
447 exchange. Here this exchange identifies the dialed number as its own and connects it to the
correct subscriber loop, namely the one matching the 8765 number. Ringing current is applied to the
loop to alert the called subscriber.
• The called subscriber takes her/his telephone off hook, and conversation can begin.
Thank You