A digital circuit performance analysis for tandem burst-error links in an ISDN environment

Author

Kubat, Peter ; Bollen, Robert E.

Author_Institution

GTE Lab., Waltham, MA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

10

fYear

1989

fDate

10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1071

Lastpage

1076

Abstract

Tandem links with burst errors are analyzed using alternative renewal processes in continuous time. As in the well-known Gilbert model it is assumed that individual links can be either in the good state in which the bit error rate is low, or in the bad (bursty) state in which the bit error rate is momentarily high. For end-to-end digital connection utilizing M links in tandem, three performance measures are derived: average bit error rate, the percentage of available time and the percentage of error-free seconds. These measures are currently being proposed by CCITT for developing performance specifications of ISDN connections

Keywords

ISDN; standards; telecommunication channels; Gilbert model; ISDN; alternative renewal processes; digital circuit; end-to-end digital connection; performance specifications; tandem burst-error links; telecommunication channels; Bit error rate; Computer errors; Current measurement; Digital circuits; Error analysis; ISDN; Measurement standards; Performance analysis; State-space methods; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.41162

Filename

41162