I.1 Terms and definitions
I.1.1 block
I.1.2 block dropping
I.1.3 block dropping indicator (BDI)
I.1.4 bursts
I.1.5 coding type (CT) field
I.1.6 core bits
I.1.7 data link connection identifier (DLCI)
I.1.8 delay equalization (EQ) bit
I.1.9 digital circuit emulation (DICE) protocol
I.1.10
digital speech interpolation
I.1.11 embedded adaptive differential pulse code
modulation (ADPCM)
I.1.12 enhancement bits
I.1.13 errored second (ES)
I.1.14 frame relay
I.1.15 gap
I.1.16 high level data link control (HDLC)
protocol
I.1.17 keep alive alarm
I.1.18 more (M) bit
I.1.19 noise field
I.1.20
originating endpoint
I.1.21 packet header
I.1.22 packet stream
I.1.23 packetization interval
I.1.24 scheduled play-out time
I.1.25 terminating endpoint
I.1.26 time stamp (TS)
I.1.27 unnumbered information (Ul) frame
I.1.28 unnumbered information with header check
(UIH) frame
I.1.29 virtual data link capability (VDLC)
protocol
I.1.30 voice frame
I.1.31 voice information field
I.1.32 wideband packet network
I.2 PCME tutorial
I.2.1 Digital speech interpolation
I.2.2 Echo cancellation
I.2.3 ADPCM coding of voiceband signals
I.2.4 Facsimile demodulation/remodulation
I.2.5 Packetization
I.2.6 Frame relay and packet cross-connections
I.3 Performance
I.3.1 Congestion control
I.3.2 Traffic smoothing effects of block
dropping
I.3.3 Performance of facsimile on IDR links
I.4 Planning and dimensioning
I.4.1 General
I.4.2 PCME traffic engineering
I.4.3 Bandwidth usage at various coding rates
I.4.4 Average bit/s vs. traffic load
I.4.5 Build-out
settings vs. traffic load
I.5 Installation and acceptance
I.5.1 A possible configuration map for PCME
I.6 Examples of applications
I.6.1 Point-to-point application
I.6.2 Point-to-multipoint application
I.6.3 Transient traffic applications
I.6.4 Frame relay applications
I.6.5 Mobile telephony applications
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