
Bit stuffing
The bits required to fill up the 64kbps channel must be added in a systematic way so that
the receiving device can remove the bits using exactly the same methodology to retain the
information being transmitted.
There are two protocols commonly used that define systems to insert and remove extra
bits:
• V.120
• V.110
You will use either one or the other, depending on the protocol required by the service you
are calling.
Rate Adaptation is usually implemented in a Terminal Adapter. The activity happens within
the B channel and is an end-to-end protocol. The ISDN is therefore unaware of this and
the call type will be Unstructured Data.
Connecting 64k and 56k channels
The V.120 protocol is also used with unstructured data where you are connecting together
B channels which have different information rates.
This is commonly used between Europe, where the B channel operates at 64 000bps, and
North America, where some B channels operate at 56 000bps.
This is handled transparently by the ISDN providers at the network boundary points.
Connecting GSM data to ISDN
The V.110 protocol is often used when a mobile phone (GSM) connects to the ISDN in
order to access a data service, such as a WAP gateway.
This conversion is handled transparently by the data gateway that connects the GSM
network to the ISDN network.
Some GSM to ISDN gateways convert the call into a low speed modem format. Which
format is used depends on the internetworking function chosen by the two network
operators. The user has no control over this. Handling both types of call transparently is a
challenge for the recipient of the call.
For voice calls between the GSM and ISDN networks, a different conversion is performed
to convert the GSM format for voice calls to the ISDN format for voice calls.
Conversion
If you need to make an Internet connection using the serial port of your PC, but your ISP
doesn't support V.110 or V.120, you will need to use protocol conversion.
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