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- From: makyen@netcom.com (makyen)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.isdn
- Subject: Re: Network Connections over ISDN
- Message-ID: <bl!nw5k.makyen@netcom.com>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 10:41:43 GMT
- References: <o7jfnjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> <1992Aug10.132038.26320@ericsson.se> <17079@ulysses.att.com> <1992Aug18.115135.15112@digibd.com>
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- rick@digibd.com (Rick Richardson) writes:
- >However, after accounting for flags, layer 2 and 3 headers, CRC bytes,
- >and bit stuffing (about 1 bit stuffed in 32 for binary data), you come
- >up with about 1+3+4+2+1 = 11 bytes of fixed overhead. For packet
- >length of 256, bit stuffing adds about 8 more bytes of overhead. So
- >you only get 2000 cps * 256/(256+19) = 1860 cps. For 512 byte packets,
- >it works out to 2000 * 512/(512+27) = 1898 cps. At 1024, its 1918 cps.
-
- >So 1024 byte packets on the D channel are approximately equal to a
- >19,200 bps async "wire". Smaller packets are very close to 19.2.
- >Its so close, its not worth quibbling about.
-
- >OOPS -- I forgot to add in the layer 1 overhead - you've got to
- >wait 8-11 one bits between frames. Add 1 to 1.5 bytes to the above
- >numbers and recompute. It won't make much difference.
- Minor nit: that would be 10 and 11 one bits for data. 8 and 9 one bits
- are for call management. These alternate, so your average would be
- 10.5 bits/packet.
-
- Also you have forgotten to take into account the packets that are
- sent back and forth for call and line management. These are,
- at a minimum, some keep alive stuff, and various other goodies.
-
- Thus you get an effective unidirectional bandwidth of significantly
- less than 19.2Kbits/s. However, it you should keep in mind that
- most 19.2Kbaud modems do not provide 19.2Kbaud bidirectional.
- Thus, as usual with these comparisons, your mileage may vary.
-
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- makyen@netcom.com
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