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NETWORK DESIGN TIJ3053. Chapter 3.2 – Remote Network Design. Outline. Modem Remote Access Server (RAS). Digital Interface Standard. Interface ~ the boundary between two pieces of equipment. (a point at which one device connects to another device).
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NETWORK DESIGNTIJ3053 Chapter 3.2– Remote Network Design
Outline • Modem • Remote Access Server (RAS)
Digital Interface Standard • Interface ~ the boundary between two pieces of equipment. (a point at which one device connects to another device). • Interface also refers to mechanical, electrical, and functional characteristics of the connection. • There are 2 kinds of interfaces collaborated in the data communications: • Data terminal equipment (DTE) • Data communications equipment (DCE)
Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) • Any device that is a source of or destination for binary digital data. • It can be a terminal, PC, printer, fax, or any other device that generates or consumes digital data. • DTEs do not often communicate directly with one another, they generate and consume information but need an intermediary to be able to communicate.
DTE (cont…) • You have an idea that you want to communicate with your friend. • Brain creates idea but cannot transmit that idea • Brain passes the idea to vocal chord & mouth, which converts to sound waves that can travel through air or to your friend’s ear and from there to his/her brain. • Brains = DTEs ; vocal chords, mouth, ear = DCEs ; air = transmission medium.
DCE • Data communications equipment • Also known as data circuit-terminating equipment. • Any device that transmits or receives data in the form of an analog or digital signal through a network. • DCE takes data generates by a DTE, convert them to an appropriate signal, and then introduces the signal onto the communications link. • I.e. modems
Modem • The most familiar type of DCE. • Stands for modulator/demodulator. • Modulator ~ converts a digital signal into an analog signal • Demodulator ~ converts analog signal into a digital signal. • Demodulator resembles an analog-to-digital converter (codec), but it does not sample a signal to create a digital.
Bell Modem Standards • 103/113 series • 202 series • 212 series • 201 series • 208 series • 209 series
ITU-T Modem Standards • V.21 • V.22bis (2nd generation of V.22 series) ~ two-speed modem (1200 bps or 2400 bps) • V.32 ~ enhanced version of V.29 (9600 bps) • V.32bis ~ (14.4 Kbps / 64-QAM) • V.32terbo ~ (19.2 Kbps / 256 QAM) • V.33 ~ enhanced version of V.32 • V.34 ~ (28.8 Kbps / 33.6 Kbps) • V.42 • V.42bis
Intelligent/Smart Modems • The purpose of a modem is to modulate and demodulate a signal. • Today’s modem, do more than that. • Intelligent/smart modems contain software to support a number of additional functions such as automatic answering and dialing.
Multispeed Modems • Bell 212 Series or ITU-T V.22 and V.22bis • I.e: Bell 212A modem begins communication with another modem, it tries to communicate using the 1200 bps, and if unsuccessful, it assumes that it has reached a slower modem and tries to communicate using the 300 bps. • This capability allowed users to continue to communicate with older 300 bps.
High-Speed Modems • The minimum speed of 2400 bps ~ V.22bis • 4800 bps ~ V.27 • 9600 bps ~ V.29, V.32 • 14.4 Kbps ~ V.32bis • 28.8 Kbps ~ V.34 • 33.6 Kbps ~ V.34 • 56 Kbps ~ V.90
Error-Correcting Modems • Most modems operating at speed 2400 bps and above have some type of error-correction capability. • 2 approaches to correct errors between modems: • Microcom Network Protocol (MNP) ~ commercially licensed error-checking protocol • Link Access Procedure for Modems (LAPM) ~ V.42 ~ international standard for error correction
Data Compression in Modems • Microcom Network Protocol version 5 (MNP5) ~ can compress data to half its size under ideal conditions. • V.42bis ~ can theoretically compress data to one-fourth its original size under ideal conditions.
Short-Haul Modems • Also called limited distance modems • It can transmit data over twisted pair wire for a few miles comparing to the dial-up modem which can transmit around the world (with the help of public telephone network). • Provides high data rate and no monthly phone line cost.
DTE - DCE • There are usually four basic functional units involved in the communication of data: • DTE and DCE on one end and DCE and DTE on one end. • DTE generates the data and passes them, along with any necessary control characters, to DCE • DCE converts the signal to a format appropriate to the transmission and introduces it onto the network link • When the signal arrives at the receiving end, this process is reversed.
Definition • The remote access server (RAS) platform is the foundation on which Internet service providers (ISP) and other telecommunications carriers are bringing to market integrated. • Internet-based versions of traditional services such as voice over IP (VoIP), fax over IP (FoIP), and data over IP. • As the numbers of Internet users grows and as networking technology advances, these services are being successfully marketed as alternatives to those services offered by traditional providers. • In addition to voice and fax for consumers, small offices, and telecommuters, these services include virtual private networks (VPN) for enterprises with many mobile employees or small branch offices.
RAS • Major network-equipment providers today offer a wide range of RAS systems, including some that are touted as VoIP–enabled. • This equipment is in use by service providers of all sizes as well as enterprise IT departments offering remote access to employees. • While technically speaking some of today’s RAS platforms support VoIP, the truth is these first-generation VoIP–enabled RAS platforms are highly inefficient implementations lacking important software features and often require separate hardware modules within an equipment rack to support modem, voice, and fax services. • This requires a priori allocation of hardware resources based on anticipated service needs. As a result, this equipment does not offer an optimum solution with regard to cost and features offered.
Figure 2. Remote Access Server (RAS) Figure 2 illustrates the use of a remote access server (RAS; also called a remote access concentrator) to terminate nearly every type of fax, modem, and voice call, and prepare it for transmission over a packet-switched network.
Limitation of RAS equipment • There are three significant limitations of current RAS equipment: • channel density, • power consumption, and • processing capability. • The combination of these three shortcomings will soon render older RAS equipment useless for many of the newer applications mentioned earlier, including VoIP, fax relay, VPN, and access wholesaling.
Summary • Modem • Remote Access Server (RAS)