T1 – A Survival Guide

Preface;
Audience;
Overture for Book in Black and White, Opus 3;
Assumptions This Book Makes;
Conventions Used in This Book;
How to Contact Us;
Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: History of the U.S. Telephone Network;
1.1 1876-1950: Analog Beginnings;
1.2 1951-1970:The Birth of T-carrier;
1.3 1970-Present:The Modern Telephone Network;
Chapter 2: T1 Architectural Overview;
2.1 Telecommunications Puzzle Pieces;
Chapter 3: Basic Digital Transmission on Telephone Networks;
3.1 Introduction to DS0;
3.2 Alternate Mark Inversion;
3.3 B8ZS and Clear Channel Capability;
Chapter 4: Multiplexing and the T-carrier Hierarchy;
4.1 Building the T-carrier Hierarchywith Multiplexing;
4.2 The Original Superframe;
4.3 The Extended Superframe (ESF);
4.4 Telephone Signaling on T1 Links;
Chapter 5: Timing, Clocking,and Synchronization in the T-carrier System;
5.1 A Timing Taxonomy;
5.2 T1 Circuit Timing;
5.3 Slips: When Timing Goes Bad;
Chapter 6: Mysteries of theCSU/DSU;
6.1 Line Build Out: Moving BetweenTheory and Practice;
6.2 T1 CSU/DSUs;
6.3 CSU/DSU Configuration;
6.4 Summary of Settings;
Chapter 7: Connecting the Umbilicus: GettingT1 Connectivity;
7.1 Ordering;
7.2 T1 Installation and Termination;
7.3 Pre-Connection Tasks;
7.4 Trading Packets;
7.5 Post-Connection;
Chapter 8: High-Level Data Link Control Protocol (HDLC);
8.1 Introduction to HDLC;
8.2 HDLC Framing;
8.3 Cisco HDLC;
Chapter 9: PPP;
9.1 Introduction to PPP;
9.2 PPP Logical Link Statesand State Machines;
9.3 PPP Encapsulation and Framing;
9.4 Link Control Protocol (LCP);
9.5 PPP Network Controland the IP Control Protocol;
9.6 Configuring PPP;
Chapter 10: Frame Relay;
10.1 Frame Relay Network Overview;
10.2 The Frame Relay Link Layer;
10.3 Multiprotocol Encapsulation with RFC 1490;
10.4 The Local Management Interface;
10.5 Configuring Frame Relay;
Chapter 11: T1 Troubleshooting;
11.1 Basic Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques;
11.2 Troubleshooting Outline;
11.3 Physical Layer Problems;
11.4 Link Layer Problems;
Access Aggregation with cT1 andISDN PRI;
Channelized T1;
ISDN PRI;
Multilink PPP;
Multilink PPP;
Multi-Chassis MP (MMP);
T1 Performance Monitoring;
Collecting Performance Data;
An Overview of the Monitoring Process;
Failures, Alarms, and Signaling;
Errors;
Performance Data;
SNMP;
RFC 2495: DS1 MIB;
RFC 2115: Frame Relay DTE MIB;
PPP MIBs;
Cable Pinouts and Serial Information;
Introduction to Serial Communications;
High-Speed Serial: V.35;
RJ-48X;
DA-15;
Reference;
Standards Bodies;
Physical Layer Standards;
Frame Relay;
HDLC;
PPP;
SNMP;
Glossary;
Colophon;