Nortel Modular ICS 7.1, Install Manual

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Modular ICS 7.1 Installer Guide N0130943 02
BRI services and features
• data transmission at speeds up to 128 kbps per loop,
depending on the bandwidth supported by your service
provider
• shared digital lines for voice and data ISDN terminal
equipment
Norstar Basic Rate Interface (BRI) cards also support
D-channel packet service between a network and terminal
connection. This allows you to add applications such as point-
of-sale terminals without additional network connections.
Any analog or digital network connections can be shared by all
Norstar telephones, peripherals and applications, and ISDN
terminal equipment (TE).
Modular ICS supports the following ISDN services and
features offered by ISDN service providers:
• D-channel packet service (BRI only) to support devices
such as transaction terminals. Transaction terminals are
used to swipe credit or debit cards and transmit the
information to a financial institution in data packets.
• calling number identification, which appears on both
Norstar sets and ISDN terminal equipment with the
capability to show the information
• Multi-Line Hunt or DN Hunting which switches a call to
another ISDN line if the line usually used by the Network
DN is busy. (
BRI only )
• subaddressing of terminal equipment (TE) on the same
BRI loop. However, terminal equipment which supports
sub-addressing is not commonly available in North
America. (
BRI only )