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ISDN: theory and practice

  Introduction  
 
  Basic Concepts  
     10 pages
  B & D channels  
     16 pages
  ISDN Networks  
     9 pages
  Bearer Capabilities  
     8 pages
  Voice, Fax, and Modems  
     15 pages
  Terminology  
     10 pages
  Device Addressing  
     8 pages
  Call Setup  
     16 pages
  Managing inbound calls  
     11 pages
  Rate Adaptation  
     9 pages
  Cabling  
     13 pages
  Further information  
 
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Don't forget that there is only one D channel and all devices that want to transmit have to contend for it. This is where the NT1 helps. It is able to signal to one or other device (or to both) that a collision has occurred.

It is not predictable which device will be informed of the collision, or whether they both are. The device which is not informed of the collision will not be aware that this happened and continues to transmit on the D channel successfully. The other device stops transmitting. It then waits for the D channel to become free and tries again. By this time, it's too late because the network has awarded the call to the device which won the collision.

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