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- Recommendation E.721
- NETWORK GRADE OF SERVICE PARAMETERS IN ISDN
- 1 Introduction
- This Recommendation proposes network Grade of Service (GOS) parameters for
- circuit-switched and packet-switched services in ISDN, based on the ISDN Grade of
- Service concept and guidelines for selecting GOS parameters provided in
- Recommendation E.720. These parameters are defined assuming that the network and
- the network components are fully operational.
- 2 Circuit-switched services
- In the current ISDN specifications, call establishment and release for all
- circuit-switched services provided via B-channels (voice, data, image) will use
- the out-of-band call control procedures defined by Recommendation Q.931 and S.S.
- No. 7 (ISUP) signalling protocols. Thus, for the traffic GOS parameters that
- relate to call establishment and release phases, a single set of parameters can
- be used for all circuit-switched services provided by the ISDN.
- The following four traffic GOS parameters are recommended for
- circuit-switched calls in ISDN:
- 1) pre-selection delay (overlap sending),
- 2) post-selection delay,
- 3) call release delay, and
- 4) probability of end-to-end blocking.
- The definitions of these traffic GOS parameters are given below. The delay
- GOS parameters are based on the message flows in Recommendation Q.931 and S.S.
- No. 7 (ISUP) protocols as indicated, for example, in Figure A-1/E.713.
- 2.1 Pre-selection delay (overlap sending)
- pre-selection delay (overlap sending) is defined as the time interval from
- the instant the SABME message is passed by the calling terminal to the access
- signalling system until the SETUP ACK message is received by the calling
- terminal.
- 2.2 Post-selection delay
- post-selection delay is defined as the time interval from the instant the
- INFO message containing the last selection digit (in the case of overlap sending
- or the SETUP message in the case of en-bloc sending) is passed by the calling
- terminal to the access signalling system until the first message indicating call
- disposition is received by the calling terminal.
- Note - In the ISDN the called user can choose to delay the sending of the
- ALERTING signal to the calling user. This definition does not include such
- user-induced delays.
- 2.3 Call release delay
- call release delay is defined as the time interval from the instant the
- DISCONNECT message is passed by the user terminal which terminated the call to
- the access signalling system, until the RELEASE message is received by the same
- terminal (indicating that the terminals can initiate/receive a new call).
- 2.4 Probability of end-to-end blocking
- The probability of end-to-end blocking is the probability that a call
- attempt will be unsuccessful due to a lack of network resources.
- Note - Resources in the access network are not part of this definition.
- 3 Packet-switched services
- The ISDN user has a choice of two types of packet-switched data services.
- The B-channel provides 64 kbit/s packet access, while the D-channel can also be
- used to provide packet data access at 16 kbit/s (64 kbit/s in the case of primary
- access). For packet-switched services, the current call control procedures are
- based on X.25 (inband) protocols, except during the initial B- or D-channel
- set-up between the DTE (Data Terminating Equipment) and the PH (Packet Handler).
- Thus a certain number of messages will be exchanged between the TE (Terminal
- Equipment) and the LE (Local Exchange) over the D-channel during the initial
- establishment phase of a packet-switched call. The messages will have to compete
- with other signalling (SAPI 0) and data (SAPI 16) traffic on the D-channel.
- Thus, the traffic GOS parameters for the current specification of ISDN
- packet-switched services will have to be based on the Q.931 as well as on the
- X.25 call control procedures.
- The selection and definition of traffic GOS parameters for packet-switched
- services in ISDN are for further study.
- 4 Target values for GOS parameters
- The target values will be specified at the normal and high loads in the
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- same sense as Recommendation E.500. The delay target values will be specified by
- the mean and percentile levels for both normal and high loads.
- The actual target values are for further study.
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