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- Draft Recommendation N.xx (N.86)
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- LINE-UP AND SERVICE COMMISSIONING OF INTERNATIONAL
- VIDEOCONFERENCE SYSTEMS OPERATING AT TRANSMISSION BIT RATES
- OF 1544 AND 2048 KBIT/S
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- 1. General
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- This Recommendation deals with the line-up and service commissioning of
- international videoconference systems routed over transmission paths operating
- at transmission bit rates of 2048 and 1544 kbit/s. In this context an
- international videoconference system comprises the international videoconference connection
- and the videoconference rooms which are interconnected.
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- Figure l/N.xx shows the constituent parts of an international
- videoconference connection. Recommendation H.110 describes hypothetical reference
- connections for videoconferencing.
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- VS = Videoconference studio
- IVC = International videoconference centre
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- FIGURE l/N.xx
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- The constituent parts
- of an international videoconference connection
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- The video codecs are normally located within the videoconference studios
- but in some circumstances are located elsewhere so that the local tail serving
- the videoconference studio may be provided on wideband analogue (e.g. 5.5 MHz) or
- higher order digital transmission systems (e.g. 140 Mbit/s). Codecs are described
- in Recommendation H.120.
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- The location of any 2048/1544 kbit/s remultiplexers which may be involved
- will be as agreed between the administrations.
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- Supplement No. 5.2 gives guidance on the setting up and testing
- arrangements for videoconference studios.
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- The international videoconference centre provides the interconnection
- point of the national videoconference circuit and the international link. This
- interconnection may be made manually or by automatic means.
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- Normally the international videoconference link will be common for all
- videoconference calls between the two administrations concerned whereas the
- national videoconference circuits will vary from call to call. Thus, in addition to the
- setting up and lining up of the constituent parts of the international
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- videoconference connection, service commissioning tests are made between videoconference
- studios prior to the opening of an international videoconference service to ensure
- that a service can be satisfactorily sustained.
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- 2. Setting up and lining up the constituent parts of the connection
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- 2.1 National videoconference circuits
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- The national videoconference circuits should be set up and tested in
- accordance with the national procedures of the administration concerned. This will
- include the line up of any sections which may not be provided as 2048 or 1544
- kbit/s digital paths. The 2048 and 1544 kbit/s data performance limits to be met are
- given in Table l/N.xx and it is recommended that two data tests should be made,
- each of one hour's duration, on different days and at times that cover the peak
- traffic periods on the route concerned.
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- 2.2 International link
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- The international videoconference link will only need to be set up and
- tested when establishing the first service between two administrations. The
- procedures of Recommendation M.465 should apply.
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- A data test should be made of five hours duration and should be scheduled
- so as to include the peak traffic period on the route concerned. The test results
- should meet the data performance limits given in Table l/N.xx.
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- 3. Performance check codec to codec
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- The constituent parts of the connection having been satisfactorily lined
- up and connected together at the international videoconference centres, three
- data tests (each of one hour's duration) should be made between the codecs. The
- tests should be made on different days and at times to cover the peak traffic
- periods for the route. The testers should be connected at the digital line side of the
- codecs, as close to the codecs as possible. Each test should meet the data
- performance limits given in Table l/N.xx.
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- Where loop facilities exist, loop measurements may be made in order to
- obtain reference measurements for subsequent maintenance. Care must be taken to
- avoid simultaneous operation of loop facilities.
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- 4. Digital test equipment
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- The data tester required for the above tests shall be capable of
- transmitting and receiving a test pattern within a signal structured in accordance with
- CCITT Recommendation G.732 for 2048 kbit/s interfaces or Recommendation G.733 for
- 1544 kbit/s interfaces. The nature of the test pattern is undefined but should be
- the subject of further study.
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- When working through a 2048/1544 kbit/s remultiplexer, the test signal
- should be restricted to time slots 1-24 with time slots 25-31 being vacated.
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- If compatible testers are not available at both ends of the link or
- connection under test then one tester should be used to transmit and receive with a
- loop being provided at the other end.
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- TABLE 1/N.xx
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- Data test limit
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- (The limits are provisional and subject to further study)
- ┌───────────────────┬──────────┬────────────┬──────────┬──────────┬────────────┐ │ │ Nominal*│ Bit │ Max │ Severely │ Min %
- │ │ │ Data │ Error │ errors │ Errored │ error │
- │ │ Rate │ Ratio │ in │ Events** │ free │ │
- │ (kbit/s)│ │ 1 hour │ in 1 hour│ sec │
- ├───────────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────────┤
- │National │ 2048 │ 1 x 10-6 │ 7142 │ 0 │ 92 │
- │Videoconference ├──────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────────┤
- │Circuit │ 1544 │ 1 x 10-6 │ 5530 │ 0 │ 92 │
- ├───────────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────────┤
- │International │ 2048 │ 1 x 10-6 │ 7142 │ 2 │ 92 │
- │Videoconference ├──────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────────┤
- │Link │ 1544 │ 1 x 10-6 │ 5530 │ 2 │ 92 │
- ├───────────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────────┤
- │International │ 2048 │ 3 x 10-6 │ 21427 │ 2 │ 92 │
- │Videoconference ├──────────┼────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────────┤
- │Connection │ 1544 │ 3 x 10-6 │ 16589 │ 2 │ 92 │
- └───────────────────┴──────────┴────────────┴──────────┴──────────┴────────────┘
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- * Structured formatting required with consequent reduction in actual test data
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- At 2048 kbit/s, test data rate = 1984 kbit/s (time slots 1-31 only).
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- At 1544 kbit/s, test data rate = 1536 kbit/s (8 bits used for frame
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- ** Severely errored events are defined by the particular data tester used,
- e.g. 20,000 errors in 100 000 bits. A continuous period of up to 10 seconds,
- during which severely errored transmission persists, will be considered a
- single severely errored event.
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- Note 1 - In addition to the above limits the BER shall be no worse than 1x10-5
- over any 5 minute period during the tests (5952 errors at 2048 kbit/s and
- 4608 errors at l544 kbit/s). If this test fails then corrective action shall be taken on
- the offending section.
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- Note 2 - For loop-tests the above limits should be doubled (92% EFS becoming
- 84% EFS).
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- 5. Videoconference studios
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- All videoconference studios that will be used for international
- videoconference calls should comply with agreed design standards. Providers and operators
- of such studios are encouraged to adopt the provisions of Supplement 5.2 until
- CCITT Recommendations are specified. The adoption of common standards facilitates
- the interworking between any pair of studios in different countries with pre-call
- adjustments reduced to a minimum.
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- 6. Service commissioning tests
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- 6.1 General
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- The international videoconference connection having been satisfactorily
- tested, functional video and audio service commissioning tests should be
- undertaken between the videoconference studios.
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- 6.2 Test videoconference studios
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- The videoconference studio chosen by an administration for commissioning
- tests should be typical (with regard to the parameters of Supplement 5.2) of all
- the other studios to be used for the service. This studio should then serve as a
- reference studio for any future tests between videoconference studios with other
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- The reference studio for each administration should be identified to all
- other administrations. The parameters of this studio should also be shared with
- all other administrations.
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- 6.3 Commissioning test
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- The end-to-end commissioning tests between videoconference studios are
- described in Supplement 5.2. The purpose of the tests is to demonstrate that the
- international videoconference system performs adequately when the constituent parts
- are connected together. The tests include a subjective assessment of the main
- functions of each videoconference studio and selected objective tests. The tests are
- not intended to be exhaustive but should serve as sample checks in compliance
- with the standards and as a confidence indicator to both administrations before the
- opening of an international videoconference service.
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