Design of a PC interface card for office communications using the ISDN basic access

Author

Willems, Mark H G

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

295

Lastpage

302

Abstract

The integrated services digital network (ISDN) is able to provide the increasingly sophisticated connectivity required by end-users in modern office systems. A related problem is to bring the ISDN functionality into the end-user´s working area. The personal computer is viewed as an effective tool to exploit all ISDN possibilities, because of its favorable price/performance ratio and its high degree of market penetration. The design of a PC-ISDN interface card, which provides integrated connectivity for the mother PC, facsimile equipment, telephone(s), a cluster of data terminals, and a cluster of printers, is described. Functional and technical descriptions of the add-on card are given. The hardware and software that provide basic access (144 kb/s) to the ISDN are described

Keywords

ISDN; computer interfaces; microcomputer applications; office automation; 144 kbit/s; ISDN basic access; PC interface card; add-on card; data terminals; facsimile equipment; functional specifications; hardware; integrated connectivity; integrated services digital network; office communications; personal computer; printers; software; telephone; Facsimile; Hardware; ISDN; Keyboards; Local area networks; Microcomputers; Monitoring; Printers; Telephony; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.17701

Filename

17701