AS/NZS 4064:1997

IEC/IEC 13871:1995

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Information technology—
Telecommunications and
information exchange
between systems—Private
telecommunications networks—
Digital channel aggregation
 AS/NZS 4064:1997

This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical

Committee IT/16, Private Telecommunications Networking. It was approved on behalf
of the Council of Standards Australia on 10 March 1997 and on behalf of the Council
of Standards New Zealand on 7 March 1997. It was published on 5 June 1997. It was
published on 5 June 1997.

The following interests are represented on Committee IT/16:

Airline interests, New Zealand
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AUSTEL
Australia Post
Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association
Australian Telecommunications User Group
New Zealand Standards Committee SC605 WG1
N.S.W. Public Works and Services
Optus Communications, Australia
Telecom New Zealand
Telstra Corporation, Australia

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 96530.

 AS/NZS 4064:1997

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Information technology—
Telecommunications and
information exchange
between systems—Private
telecommunications networks—
Digital channel aggregation

Originated in Australia as AS 4064— 1992.

Jointly revised and designated AS/NZS 4064(Int):1995.
Third edition AS/NZS 4064:1997.

PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY:

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
1 The Crescent,
Homebush NSW 2140 Australia
STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND
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155 The Terrace,
Wellington 6001 New Zealand
ISBN 0 7337 1183 9
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Committee IT/16, Private Telecommunications Networking, to supersede AS/NZS 4064(Int):1995.
This Standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO/IEC 13871:1995, Information
technology— Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Private
telecommunications networks — Digital channel aggregation .
The objective of this Standard is to provide telecommunications network users with customer terminal
equipment in order to utilize low-bandwidth channels to form a high-bandwidth channel worldwide.
The 56 kbit/s and 64 kbit/s bearer services referred to in this Standard are comparable with the
corresponding services for public ISDNs as specified in ITU-T Recommendations.
This Standard is significantly different from AS 4064— 1992, Information processing —Digital channel
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aggregation (N × 64). It uses the internationally endorsed approach, which differs from the 1992
approach. Its channel aggregation protocol is no longer based on the use of a pseudo-random binary
sequence. Therefore, equipment which conforms to this Standard cannot interwork with equipment
which conforms to AS 4064— 1992. This Standard offers additional features which are of real benefit
to users of channel aggregation equipment.
Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to clauses are deemed to be requirements of this
Standard.
Users of this Standard are advised by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, under
arrangements made with ISO and IEC, as well as certain other Standards organizations, that the number
of this Standard is not reproduced on each page; its identity is shown only on the cover and title pages.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the application of
the annex to which they apply. A ‘normative’ annex is an integral part of a Standard, whereas an
‘informative’ annex is only for information and guidance.
For the purpose of this Joint Standard, the ISO/IEC text should be modified as follows:
(a) Terminology The words ‘this Australian/New Zealand Standard’ should replace the words ‘this
International Standard’ wherever they appear.
(b) References The references to international Standards should be replaced by references, where
appropriate, to the following Australian/New Zealand Standards:
Reference to International Standard Australian/New Zealand Standard
or other Publication
ISO/IEC AS/NZS
11571 Information Technology — 4134 Information technology—
Telecommunications and infor- Telecommunications and infor-
mation exchange between systems— mation exchange between systems —
Numbering and sub-addressing in Numbering and sub-addressing in
private integrated services networks private integrated services networks
ITU-T
Rec. G.704 Synchronous frame structures used —
at primary and secondary
hierarchical levels
Rec. H.221 Frame structure for a 64 to —
1920 kbit/s channel in audiovisual
teleservices
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ITU-T
Rec. H.244 Synchronized aggregation of ISDN- —
B channels
Rec. H.320 Narrow-band visual telephone —
systems and terminal equipment
Rec. I.112 Vocabulary of terms for ISDNs —
Rec. T.35 Procedure for the allocation of —
CCITT defined codes for non-
standard facilities
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CONTENTS

Page
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

4 Symbols and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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5 Selection of ISO/IEC 13871 or ITU -T H.244 aggregation procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

6 Basic Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6.1 Modes of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6.2 Frame Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.2.1 Bit Ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.2.2 Frame Alignment Word (FAW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.2.3 Frame Count (FC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.2.4 Information Channel (IC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.2.5 Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.2.6 Distribution of Overhead Octets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.3 Overall Frame alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.4 Description of CR C4 procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.4.1 Computation of the CRC 4 bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.4.1.1 Multiplication and division process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.4.1.2 Encoding procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.4.1.3 Decoding procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.4.2 Consequent actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.4.2.1 Enabling and Disabling the CRC procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.4.2.2 Action on bit E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.4.2.3 Monitoring for error performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

7 Description of the Information Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .. .. ... 11

7.1 Information Channel Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. .. .. . . ... 11
7.1.1 Rate Multiplier and Subrate Multiplier Calculation and Operation .. .. . ...... ... 15
7.2 Information Channel (IC) synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... ...... . .. 19
7.3 Transmission and Recognition of an Information Channel Frame . . . . . ... ... ...... .. . 19

8 Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. ... . .. ... .. .. .. 20

8.1 Call Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. ... . .. ... .. . 20
8.1.1 Initial Channel Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... . .. ... ... .. . . 21
8.1.2 Additional Channel Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .................. 23
8.1.3 Delay Equalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . .. ... ... .. . .. 25
8.1.4 Timeout Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . .. ... ... .. . .. 25
8.2 Adding Bandwidth to an Existing Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. ... . ... . .. ... 26
8.2.1 Negotiation (Calling Endpoint Initiated) . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. ... . .. 26
8.2.2 Negotiation (Answering Endpoint Initiated) . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. ... . 26
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8.2.3 Additional Channel Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

8.2.4 Timeout Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.3 Deleting Bandwidth from an Existing Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.3.1 Calling Endpoint Initiated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.3.2 Answering Endpoint Initiated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.3.3 Timeout Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.4 Collision Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.5 Call Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.5.1 Calling Endpoint Initiated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.5.2 Answering Endpoint Initiated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.5.3 Timeout Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
8.6 Remote Loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
8.6.1 Timeout Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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8.7 Error Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

8.7.1 Loss of Channel (Other Than Call Setup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
8.7.2 Loss of Delay Equalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

9 Transparent Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

9.1 Non Aggregating Unit Calling Aggregating Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

9.2 Aggregating Unit Calling Non Aggregating Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Annexes

A RMUL T and SUBMUL T Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

A.1 Bearer Channel Rate (BCR ) = 56 kbit/s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

A.2 Bearer Channel Rate (BCR )= 64 kbit/s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

B Manufacturer’s Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

C Phone Number Length Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

D State Machine Description of Channel Aggregation Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

D.1 Reference Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

D.2 State Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
D.2.1 DEQ Negotiation Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
D.2.2 DEQ MULTIFRAME CO NTRO L States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
D.3 Messages and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
D.3.1 Information Channel Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
D.3.2 DEQ Negotiation Control to Call Control Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
D.3.3 DEQ Negotiation Control to DEQ Multiframe Control Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
D.4 Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
D.5 State Transition Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
D.5.1 DEQ Negotiation Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
D.5.2 DEQ Multiframe Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
D.6. SDL Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
D.6.1 DEQ Negotiation Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
D.6.2 DEQ Multiframe Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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INTRODUCTION

Introduction

This International Standard is one of a set of International Standards designed to facilitate the global
interconnection of applications across both private telecommunications networks and public ISDN s. This is
achieved by ensuring compatibility and interworking of services offered by the private and public networks.

In line with the above aims, this International Standard defines a service offering flexible bandwidth allocation
that provides unrestricted information transfer between special terminal adapters called Channel Aggregation
Units. A Channel Aggregation Unit can provide a high bandwidth capability to an attached terminal application
by combining multiple 56 kbit/s or 64 kbit/s digital communications channels that are available across public
and/or private networks. It also ensures that bit sequence integrity of the aggregated bandwidth is maintained
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across the network(s). The number of individual communications channels aggregated may range from one up to
the practical limits imposed by the Channel Aggregation Unit.

The service defined in this International Standard can be used for a number of applications, including

LAN interconnection
image transfer
bulk file transfer
video conferencing.

ITU-T Recommendation H.244 defines the means by which the appropriate choice of channel aggregation
procedures may be made, in accordance with the requirements of the application being served. This choice is made
from two available sets of procedures, one of which is also defined by ITU-T Recommendation H.244, the other
of which is defined in this International Standard.
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