FI73855B - INDIREKT STYRD FOERMEDLINGSANORDNING MED TIDSKANALFOERBINDELSER, SAERSKILT TELEFONFOERMEDLINGSANORDNING. - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Indirectly controlled exchange system comprising time channel connection paths, in particular a telephone exchange system, characterised in that the extension and development stages provided for the system are classified as follows : a) the one-stage, non-blocking time channel switch (TSU) of the first development stage (LTG1) which is equipped with a switch control unit (SESC) and with an attenuation circuit (ATU) is connected to subscriber connection circuits (t1 ... t32 ...) each of which possesses individual BORSHT devices and possibly filters and PCM codecs ; the time channel switch (TSU) is also connected to a signal circuit (SEU) with sound generator, ringing tone generator, code transmitter and receiver ; the subscriber connection circuits (t1 ... t32 ...), the signal circuit (SEU) and the switch control unit (SESC) are connected to a decentral control unit (GP) comprising control means (SSP), processor (PU) and store (MU) via an associated signal buffer (SBU) ; b) for the second development stage the time channel switches (TSU ...) of certain of the first development stages (LTG1, LTG2, LTG3) are connected in all combinations via intermediate lines (z12, z13, z23) via which extend time channels ; in addition the decentral control units (GP ...) are connected by the time channel switches (TSU) of the first development stage to an appropriately constructed central control unit (CP) which co-operates in the establishment and disestablishment of connection paths which extend via a plurality of the first development stages (LTG1, LTG2) ; c) in the third development stage the intermediate lines (z12, z13, z23) of the second development stage which serve to interconnect time channel switches of the first development stage which are provided in a large number, lead, as intermediate lines (zz) of the third development stage, to a one-stage central switching network (SN) which is equipped with a plurality of further time channel switches (TSU1 ... TSUm) and with its own switching network control (SGC) which is connected to the central control unit (CP) and via which switching network connections may be switched through between these intermediate lines (zz) in that they are in each case confined to time channels extending via these intermediate lines (zz) ; d) in further development stages the central switching network (SN) possesses two time channel switching stages between which one or more than one space channel switching stage is interposed.

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SUOMI FINLAND

(Fl) (21) Patent application-Patentansökning 791895 (22) Application date-Ansökningsdag 13 * 06.79

National Board of Patents and Registration (23) Start date-Giitighetsdag 13.06.79

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Federal Republic of Germany Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland (DE) P 2826063.1 Verified-Styrkt (71) Siemens Akt iengesel 1 Schaf t, Ber 1? n / Miinchen, DE; Wi ttel sbacherpl atz 2, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany-Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland (DE) (72) Dietrich Botsch, Munich, Karl Bruninghaus, Sauerlach,

Federal Republic of Germany-Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland (DE) (7¾) Berggren Oy Ab (5¾) Indirectly controlled exchange equipment with time channel connections, in particular telephone exchange equipment - Indirekt styrd förmedlingsanordning med tidskana1förbindelser, särlindelser, särlindelser

The invention relates to the structure and grouping of indirectly controlled telephone exchange equipment with time channel connections, in particular for long-distance calls. It is already known to implement such telephone exchange equipment for a more or less large number of subscriber sites. Accordingly, such telephone exchange equipment has a number of time channel switches through which the time channels are routed and which transmit the signals required for telephone connections, which may also take the form of PCM signals (see e.g. DAS 22 11 400, 22 25 702, 22 25 703; DPS 24 54 144).

It is now an object of the invention to provide such equipment with degrees of expansion and completion in an appropriate manner. Corresponding to the expansion rates, the existing equipment can be supplemented in order to be able to connect a larger number of subscriber seats to the equipment than before. The degrees of expansion are at the same time complementarities here, because equipment expanded with such degrees can be delivered initially when an equivalent number of subscriber seats has to be connected.

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The invention thus relates to indirectly controlled telecommunication equipment with a-channel connections, in particular a telephone exchange. According to the invention, this apparatus is characterized in that the expansion and replenishment stages intended for this purpose are grouped as follows: a) a single-phase non-bracket-free timing switch of the first replenishment, equipped with switching control and attenuation switching, is connected to TORS, each with individual Devices and optionally filters and PCM coding devices, wherein the time channel switch is further connected to a signal circuit, a sound generator, a call generator, a code transmitter and a receiver; and wherein the time connection connections, the signal connection and the switching control are connected to the non-centralized control device and to the volume via the signal buffer n; (b) for the second replenishment stage, the time channel switches of the first few replenishment stages are connected in all combinations via the intermediate lines through which the time channels are routed, and the non-centralized control devices are connected via a first replenishment stage time channel switch to a central control device through the first several levels of replenishment; (c) for the third replenishment stage, all secondary replenishment intermediate lines connecting a relatively large number of first replenishment time channel switches, such as third replenishment intermediate intermediate lines to a single stage central switching field having a plurality of second time channel switches and a separate control section connected to the central control panel; (d) for other replenishment stages, the central switching field has two time channel switching stages with one or more channel switching stages connected between them.

Thus, the T1 1 time-connection connections then have in each case individually BORSHT devices which are used for supply, surge protection, paging, signaling and test purposes1 (see 1978 International Zirich Seminar on Digital Communications, Proceedings, IEEE Catalog No. 78CH1325 .1, A4.1). These devices can also operate at the same time for 2 / 4-1 wire conversion. If the subscriber! If the PCM signals are not already supplied at the time, 3 73855 pairs of PCM signals are required, so the BORSHT devices must be supplemented with filters and PCM encoders.

The expansion and completion stages according to the invention have the advantage that the equipment can be expanded in each case without having to carry out special preliminary work in advance. The various degrees of expansion in each case keep the pre-existing equipment largely unchanged and supplement it with additional equipment. Accordingly, largely the same sub-devices can also be used in different replenishment phases according to the module principle. The division of control events into one or more remote control devices and one central control device makes it possible to use control devices which have to disassemble clearly limited control cycles and thus can also be cooperated by means of clearly identifiable operating intersections.

However, it is already known (see 1978 International Zurich Seminar ..., pages B2.1 to B2.5) to equate comparable equipment with BORSHT equipment and filtered and PCM coding equipment. However, it first connects the subscriber sites to a state switching field acting as a traffic center, which is built with highly loadable electronic switches. In addition, in connection with this device, it has been proposed that said BORSHT devices be arranged in each case for groups of subscriber seats. In contrast, when these devices belong individually to the subscriber connection connections and when they are placed on the subscriber side in front of the connection area of the equipment, they can at the same time act to lower the signal level. The electronic switches used for the switching field can then be advantageously and easily assembled into integrated circuits. Such known comparable equipment also lacks the measures which, in the case of the invention, lead to appropriate extensions and degrees of completion (see also DPS 24 54 144).

The following is a more detailed description of examples of grouping telephone exchange equipment according to the invention into expansion and completion stages by means of a figure. The details of the apparatus are presented here only to the extent that they are relevant to the invention, which primarily affects the grouping of the various sub-devices. The figure shows a first completion stage LTG1 with a time channel switch TSU equipped with a switch control SESC and an attenuation switch 4 73855 ATU. Switch control SESC receives control commands from the remote control device GP. Attenuation Switching The ATU may compensate for attenuation differences through subscriber interface connections on subscriber lines connected to the time channel switch TSU that lead to subscriber locations, such as subscriber location T1. The subscriber location T1 includes a subscriber connection connection t1. The subscriber connection connections are grouped here in groups into multi-connection connections.

Thus, the subscriber connection connections t1 to t32 are connected together as a multi-connection connection LTU1. However, the subscriber connection connections in this case have BORSHT devices already described in each case, as well as possibly also individual filters and PCM coding devices. In the first replenishment phase, the figure shows several multi-connection connections LTG1, which also includes the multi-connection connection LTU8. Corresponding multi-connection connections can also be provided, in which several interconnection connection connections are connected, to which connection lines are connected, which lead, for example, to other telephone exchange equipment. If signals with PCM codes are already coming from there, no PCM coding devices are required for these multi-connection connections. In addition, a signal circuit SEU is connected to the time channel switch TSU, to which a voice generator, a call generator, a code transmitter and a receiver are connected. Accordingly, this signal circuit can produce various sound tones as well as call signs and other necessary code signals. In addition to this, it may also receive such characters for interpretation. The subscriber connection connections tl-t32 and others as well as the signal connection SEU are connected to the control device GP and the time channel switch TSU. These devices can therefore be interconnected via a time channel switch TSU, as the case may be. In addition to this, they can also exchange control signals with the control device GP, namely via their respective character buffer SBU, which thus avoids an annoying time constraint. This control device further comprises a control device SSP, a processing device PU, a volume MU and an input-output control IOP, to which is also connected a background volume FD and a drive device SP. There is also a dedicated data transfer interface DF, through which control data can possibly be exchanged with other exchanges. The first stage of replenishment LTG1 here is clearly already complete and fully functional central equipment.

Several such first replenishment stages can now also be combined into larger telephone exchange equipment. This is also seen in the figure. It has the time channel switches TSU of the first completion stages LTG1, LTG2 and LTG3 connected in all combinations via the intermediate lines zl2, zl3 and z23, through which the time channels are routed. In addition, the control devices GP belonging to them are connected to the correspondingly formed central control device CP. This central control device acts in the establishment and disconnection of connections passing through at least two supplemental stages LTG1, LTG2 and LTG3. In this case, the central control device CP also causes the other control devices to be involved in establishing and disconnecting the connections. The central control device CP comprises a character buffer SBUz, a control device SSPz, a processing device PUz, a volume MUz and an input / output control IOPz, to which a background volume FDz and a drive SPz are connected. In addition to this, it also has a remote data transfer interface DFz. It is observed that in order to achieve this equally well-functioning central equipment, no considerable preparation is required in the first stages of completion.

If so many subscriber locations have to be connected to the central equipment that a large number of first replenishment stages are required, for example a maximum of 15, the first replenishment time-channel switches are not connected directly via intermediate lines, but via intermediate lines zz to a single-phase central TSUl-TSUm with multiple time channel switches. to the switching field SN. This central switching field has its own switching field control SGC, which can receive control commands from the central control device CP. The first replenishment stages LTG1 to LTGn, to which the subscriber points T1-Ty are connected, are connected to the switching field SN via said intermediate lines. Here, the central control device CP is also connected to the central control device CP by the time terminal switches TSU1 to TSUm of the switching field SN. For this reason, all the intermediate lines and connecting lines shown in broken lines in the figure may be omitted, which are used in the second stage of completion. Therefore, when expanding or replenishing to the third stage of replenishment, only less important pre-charged devices are clearly omitted. The first replenishment stages LTG1-LTGn and the central switching field SN in question can be provided with the same time-channel switches.

If the number of subscriber seats becomes large and thus the number of first replenishment stages also becomes quite large, the central switching field SN must be provided with several switching stages. Suitably, two time channel switching stages are then provided, between which one or more spatial channel switching stages are connected, (see DAS 21 049; 1978 International Zurich Seminar ...., pages B6.1 to B6.6). In this case, it is recommended to arrange a travel equalizer in the central switching field SN as well. This avoids annoying limitations on the spatial dimension of the equipment. Namely, the travel time differences due to the considerable spatial dimension can then be compensated by travel travel equalization devices.

In any case, the first replenishment control device, such as the control device GP, cancels the forwarding functions that come for each part of the call request and which are subject to time constraint. This includes interrogating subscriber connections, modifying call signals, in particular from subscriber connections or via interconnectors, marking charges to calculate, for example, payment pulses, and providing control commands for switching control. The potentially existing control device CP, on the other hand, decodes the relay functions, which must take into account the connection of the hardware components and their connection to other hardware. These include evaluation of selected call numbers, search for switching field forwarding lines to be used, search and selection of connections, and routing control. This releases the first-stage control devices. However, the central control device CP does not have routine tasks that would be subject to a very large time constraint. This facilitates cooperation with remote control devices. The modification of the transmission signals in the remote control devices advantageously allows the exchange of messages between the remote control devices and the central control device CP to take place via a standardized operating cut-off point. The quality of the signaling system used in each case has no effect on the mode of operation and switching structure of the central control device CP. In this case, various signaling systems can be used, such as, for example, direct current signaling, alternating current signaling, multi-frequency code signaling or digital signaling.

It is recommended to provide the central control device CP and the multi-phase central switching field SN in each case in duplicate. In the figure, this is illustrated only in that these devices are framed twice. This avoids the shutdown of all equipment when one of the two devices is down. The omission of one device does not interfere with the operation of other parts of the equipment and can therefore generally be adapted. The devices arranged twice are also able to monitor each other, in particular the central control device (see, for example, DOS 15 24 239; DAS 19 65 314, 21 04 298). In this case, faulty parts in the equipment can be identified, which makes it much easier to rectify faults quickly.

Methods for identifying faults and determining faulty locations can also be performed on devices arranged as one. In this case, the remote control device, such as the control device GP, can routinely check the respective sub-devices, such as the switching field SES, the signal switching SEU, the subscriber connection connections t-t32, and monitor them by means of time measurements. Time measurements are used to monitor whether various relay events occur within a specified normal time. An alarm is generated if unauthorized timeouts occur. In addition, in connection with the selection control, the remote on-the-spot devices perform through-pass checks in the switching network, in which case test models are sent, which must therefore again be received correctly. In this case, there may also be indications of faulty points. Fault messages can then be passed on to any existing central control device CP, which can then send commands to close the faulty sub-devices or to make additional connections. In any case, these fault messages can be sent between the remote control devices and the central control device CP via already existing connections. For this reason, no special control systems are required for fault messages or alarm signals. Also, no special surrogate-wiring systems are required. Substitute connection is facilitated by the existence of a double-arranged device.

The switching field of the first replenishment stage, such as the switching field SES, is further provided with a conference call device MCU. For this reason, connections involving more than two subscriber sites are also established. This device can also contribute to maintaining the operability of the first stage in the event of interference in the associated time channel switch TSU, although only to a limited extent.

The remote and central control devices of the equipment each have a volume in which the information necessary for the use of the equipment must be stored. The use of the equipment will be facilitated and improved when 8 73855 this information is appropriately shared. For this purpose, the volume of the first replenishment control device contains information that changes from time to time, such as information about the currently valid connections, information about the allocation of time channels, information about payment impulses occurring on a connection-by-connection basis. The volume MUz of the central control device, on the other hand, contains permanent data, data for number estimation and zones, data on subscriber locations, data on the connection of the hardware switching fields and other sub-devices. In addition to this, it also contains variable information on the charge status of subscriber seats, intermediate lines, interconnectors and the operating status of other sub-devices. So that said variable information is also in the volumes of the remote control devices, despite the disturbance of the central control device, the forwarding operation can be carried forward by utilizing this information. They can also be used to reproduce variable data on a faulty central control unit. It is recommended to initially store the data of the currently existing connections as variable data in the volume of the central control device.

Claims (9)

9 73855 1. Indirectly controlled telecommunication equipment with time channel connections, in particular telephone exchange equipment, characterized in that the expansion and replenishment stages reserved for the equipment are grouped as follows: a) a single phase (S) switch (TSU) of the first replenishment stage (LTG1) ) and attenuation switching (ATU), subscriber interface connections (t1 to t32) are connected, each with individual BORSHT devices and possibly filters and PCM coding devices, in which case a time switch (SEU), a sound generator, an audio generator are also connected to the time channel switch (TSU). , code transmitter and receiver; and wherein the subscriber interface connections, signal switching and switching control are connected to the non-centralized control device (GP) and the memory (MU) via a character buffer (SBU); (b) for the second replenishment stage, the time channel switches (TSU ...) of the first few replenishment stages (LTG1, LTG3) are connected in all combinations via intermediate lines (z12, z13, z23) through which the time channels are routed, in addition to non-centralized control devices ( GP ...) is connected via a first replenishment phase time channel switch (TSU) to a central control device (CP) which acts to establish and disconnect connections leading through several first replenishment stages (e.g. LTG1, LTG2); c) for the third replenishment stage, all second replenishment intermediate lines (z12, z13, z23) connecting a relatively large number of first replenishment time channel switches, such as third replenishment intermediate lines (zz), to a single-stage central switching field (SNU) with a plurality of second time pins. ..TSUm) and its own control unit (SGC) connected to the central control unit (CP) d) for other replenishment stages, the central switching field (SN) has two time channel switching stages, between which one or more state channel switching stages are connected. Telephone exchange equipment according to Claim 1, characterized in that it is provided with a central control device (CP) and a multi-stage central switching field (SN) in a double manner. 10 73855 Telephone exchange equipment according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the non-centralized control device (GP) of the first replenishment stage (LTG1) transmits relay functions which come to each part of the call and are subject to time constraints, such as modifying subscriber connection query relay signals. , generating control commands for switching control, whereas the central control unit (CP) transmits relay functions which must take into account the connection of hardware sub-devices and their connection to other equipment and relieve first-stage remote control devices (GPs) from load, such as dialing, dialing, search for the switching lines to be used, search and selection of connections and alternatives. Telephone exchange equipment according to Claim 3, characterized in that the remote control device (GP) of the first replenishment routinely inspects its associated sub-devices, such as the switching field (SES), the signaling units (SEUs), the subscriber interface circuits (tl .. t32, ..) and monitors , that the central control unit issues commands for closing the sub-devices or for substitute connections due to fault messages. Telephone exchange equipment according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the memory (MU) of the first replenishment control device (GP) contains variable information, such as information on existing connections, information on time channel allocation, information on connection-specific payment pulses, and vice versa. the control unit (CP) memory (MUz) contains permanent information, such as information on number estimation and zones, information on subscriber locations, information on the connection of switching fields and other equipment components, and variable information on subscriber locations, trunks and interconnectors, and other components. Telephone exchange apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the switching field (SES) of the first replenishment stage 11 73855 and the central switching field (SN) of the other replenishment stages are provided with the same time channel switches (TSU, TSU1 to TSUm). Telephone exchange equipment according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the switching field (SES) of the first supplementary stage is provided with a conference call device (MCU). Telephone exchange equipment according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the subscriber connection connections (e.g. t1 to t32) are connected in groups as multi-connection connections (LTU1). Telephone exchange equipment according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that multi-connection connections are provided from the interconnection connections.