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INTRODUCTION
‘The Telephone Circuit
Atelephone viteitis
vile a transmission path between a source ana a destination, The interconnected facilities
pnprised of (wor more facilities, imferconnected in tandem, to pro-
may be temporary. asin a standard (elephone call, vr permanent, as ina dedicated private
Tine telephone cicuit, The facilities may be metallic cable pairs, optical fibers, or wireless
‘carrier systems. The information trausiezred is called the message, and the eixeuit used is
ge clare
‘companies offer a wide assortment of mes from a
basic 4-kHz voiee-hand eireuil to wideband microwa e, satelite, or optical fiber tansmnis.
sion systems capable of transferring high-resolution video or wideband dats, The Follow=
ing discussiou ts limited to basie voiee-hand circuits. In telephone termiinolog
le the aes
Telephon
cchumnels ran,
the won
wessige originally denoted speceh information, However. this definition lias been ex
fended to include any signal th pice chanel,
‘occupies the sanve bands id us a standard
Thus. amessage channel may include the transmission of ordinary speech, supervisory si
nals, or data the form of digitally moxtulated carriers (PSK. PSK, QAM, aud 90 on). The
network band il fora standard voice-and me mel is 4 KHz: however, a por
tion of that bandwidth 1s used for gi i ‘Guard bands are unused fre
a ration signals. Consequently, dhe cllective eh
bhands id for a voice-band message signal (shether il be yoige oF data) is upprosimately
300 Hz 10 3100 Ile
als located between inl nl
2 THE LOCAL SUBSCRIBER LOOP
Ihe neat subscriber loops the ony facility required by all voree-band circus, as is the
means by which subseriber locations are connected to the local telephone compan. In
‘essence, the sole purpose ofa local loop isto provide subscribers access to the public tele-
phone network, The local loop is. metalic transmission fine comprised of two msulated
‘copper wires (a pac! twisted together. The local loop is the prmnary cause of attenuation
analpas now atelephine eireurt. Attenuation ty an aelal loss of signal strent
‘and phase distortion oecurs when wo oF more frequencies undereo dierent amounts of
Phase shit.
The transn visti of cable pair depend on the wire diameter, cone
dluctor spacing, dielectric constant ofthe insur Sepa the wires, an the eonductiv=
ity ofthe wire. These physical properties n cur, determine the inductance, resistance, ca
prclance, and conductance of the cable. The resistance an mduectance are distributed
along the length of the wire, wheteas the conductance and capacitance exist betwee the
‘ovo wines, When the insulation is sufficient, the effects of cond erally ne
lisible, Figure 1a shows the elecirical mee! for a copper-wine transmission hine
‘Mhe electeal characterisies of a cable ésuch as inductance, capaestance, an resis
ani are
tance) are uniformly diswibuted along ats le
mierers, Beau
is common practice 10
Iu and are appropriately relerred wy as
2 work
mp thetn into discrete values per wnt len
instribnted! pa irs cumberso
wih distributed parameters, it
th die. millibeneys per
mile, microlaads per kilometer, or olums per 1009 fee). The amount of attenuation and
phase delay experienced by a signal propagating doww s metallic tansmission Line 18
function of the frequency of the si
There are
ul and the electrical characteristics ofthe cable pate
seven main component paris that make up a traditional local loop:
Feeder cable FP. The largest cable used in a loeal oop, usually 3600 pair of copper
ssine phiced undersroundl or in conduit
6840. A cross-connect point used (© distribute dhe lary
feeder cable into smaller distribution cables.‘The Telephone Circuit
C= capsctance two conduetors separated
byan insulator
Rs resistance = opposion to cunt flow
LL set inductance
1UG= leakage resistance of dilecic
FR = shuntentage vonstance
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10
Attenuation (8
FIGURE 1 [a] Electrical model of @ eogpervare transmission tne,
(0) frequency-versuslteruation cheracteristics fur unloaded and
Joaded vabies
Disiribtion cabfe(F2),\ smaller version ofa odor cable eomtainin less wire pais
Subscriber or standard neawork interface (SND, A deviee that serves as the demar-
ation point betcen local telephone company’ responsibility and subseriber respon
sibility For telephone service
yp wire The final length of cable pt that terminates atthe SNL
Aerial That portion ofthe local loop that is strung between poles.
Diosribaion cable and dvopewire erss-eonsect point. The keaton where individual
cable pairs within a distribution eable are separated and extend! fo the subscriber's
Focation on a drop wite
“Two components often found on Toe loops are leading eoils and bri
taps.
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2-4 Loading Coils
Figure Tb shows the effect of fregueney on attenuation frat 12,000-f0t length of 26
capper cable. As the figure shows, a 3000-117 signal experiences 6 JB more attention than
2 SIM-H signal onthe same cable. In essence, the cable acts ke at low-pass filter, Extensive
Stdies of attenuation on cable pairs have shown that a substantial reduction in atfennton is
achieved by inereasing the inductance value of the cable. Minmoum altemution requires
value of nluctance nearly 100 times the value obtained in ordinary twasied-wire cable
Achieving such values on uniformly distributed Pasi ts miprectical. Instead the deste =
feet can be obtained by ding mduetors peridcallym series with the wir, This practice is
called Holng and the inductors are called oan cons, Loading cols place ina cable de-
crease the aman, merease the line mipedance. an improve transmission Fevels fr c=
cuits longer than 18,08 feet, Loadmg evils allowed local loops to extend three to four times
their previous length. A leadmg coil is simply a passive conductor wrapped around. core and
placed in series with a cable creating small electromagnet, Loading coils ean be placed on
telephone poles, in manholes, or om eross-conneet axes. Loading coils increase the effective
distance that a signal must travel Between to location aid cancels the capeaitanee thal ine
herently builds up between wares ith distance Leealing eos est came into use i 1906
TLnaded cables are specified by the aklition of the letter codes A B.C, D, BF HL.
oY, which designate the distance hetseen loading coilsand by numbers, whieh indicate the
innluctange value ofthe wire gage, Ine letters indicate thal vading eos ae separated by
700, 3000, 929, 4500, 5575, 2787 HN, G80. or 2130 fel respectively. Bo D-and T-type
Foaling cls are the most common because their separations are representatise wf the dis
tances between mankboles. The amountof series mductance aided ts generally Han 88 mt
6o¢ 135 mH. Thus, a cable pair designated 261188 is made from 26-2 with 88 mil
of series inductance aakled every 600 feet. The loss-versus-frequenney characteristics ora
Joaued eable are relatively lat up to approximately 2000 Hz, as shown in Figure 1. From
nb see that a 308-1 sgn wll suferonly 1.5 dB more loss than. SO0-11z
‘wire when S8-mlfoling coils are spaced every 600 fet
use it sharp dp in Ireguency respense at approximately 3400 Hz
‘which is undesirable for high-speed das transmission, Therefore, for high-performance
A rasmission,Iuling goils Should be removed ftom the cables, Th lo
teristics of a cable also afleet the phase distortion-versus-lrequency characteristics ofa sig
nal, The amount of phase disiortion i proportonal to the length and gauge of the we.
[Loading a cable also affecs the phase charaeterstes n'a cable. The telephone company
must often ad gain and delay equalizers to aeireuit fo achieve the minimum requirements
Equalizers mirexiuee discontinuities or ripples athe bandpass eharaeterstis of eireut
Automatie equalizers in data modems are sensitive © this condition, and very often an
‘oxerequalized etreut causes as many problems to ata signal asa underequaized eireut.
22. Bridge Taps
A fridge sop is an ineaulaity fecquently found in cables serving subscriber locations
Bri ‘unused sections of eable that are connected in shun a working cable pai
such as a local loop, Bridge taps ean be pad at any povnt along a cable's length, Bridge
taps were used for party Hines to connect more than one subseriber tthe sine Heal loop.
Bridge taps als increase the flexibility ofa local loop by allowing the cable w 2 aoe
than one janetion bos, aldhouel it is unlikely that mone han one of dhe cable pits leaving
‘abrideine point will used atanysiven Gin, Bridee taps may or may not be used al some
fate in, depending on serge demands, Bridge taps imexease dae exibilty of a cable
by makin, sign a cable yo a different subscriber without requitn
‘Working inthe field to russ connect seetions of eable
Bridge taps introduce a loss calle riding fons. They also allow
propagate down more than one wise. Signals dat propas.
(easier ton
ils to split and
ale down unferminated (oper‘The Telephone Circuit
ingerterence with
ceircuited) cables reflect back Irom the open endof the eable, often caus
the on sonal, Brddge taps that are short and closer 1 the originating or ternal
tends oven produce the most interference
sperally harmful © voice tansinssions, but if
wity of a data signal, Therelore, bridge
taps and Loading coils should be removed from a cable pair that used for data wansmis=
sion. Th ise 11s sometimes Ullficul (© locate a bre
timated that the average local loop ean have ais many as 16 brid
[Bride taps and loading goals are not
improperly used, dhey ean hterally destary the in
‘ean bea problem be:
tap. Ieises-
2-3 Loop Resistance
The de resistance of a lal Joap depend primarily on the iype of wire and wire size, Most
local loops use 18: 0 26-gauge, swistopair eopper wie. The lower the wire gause, the
larger dhe diameter, the less resistance, and te Tower the atenuation, For example, 26
gauge unllxed copper wire has an attenuation of 2.67 dD per mike, whereas the same
Jongth of 19-gauge-vopper wire has only 1,12 dB per mile, Theretore, the mastimuny leneth
of local loop using 19-gauge wine is twice as long as a Hoel loop using 26-gige ware
The total attenvation of a loca loop is generally ited (o a maximum value of
7.5 dBwith a maximum de resistance of 1300@, which includes the resistance of the tele-
phone (approximately 1200), The de esistanee of 26-zauze copper wine is approximately
41.2 por 1000 feet, which Kms the rounkrip loop leneth wapproxiniately Somes. The
minum distance for lower-gauge wire is longer of course
The dk loop resistance for copper conductors 1 apprormated by
a
where, ~ de loop resistance (olims per mile}
d= wine diameter finches!
3 TELEPHONE MESSAGE-CHANNEL NOISE AND NOISE
WEIGHTING
Thesnoise that roaches a listener's ears affects the de
to some extent, the intelligibility of the reecived sp
rooméucekgrond etseand morse imoxtuce
listening subseriber’s prem
and indirectly by way of the siete
talking subseriber’s pre
Circuit noise i comprise! mainly of thermal noise, nonk
‘whitch are desert ma later section of dhs chapter
The measurement of interferenee (nonse), like the Measurement of xolwme, 18am ef=
fort to characterize a complex signal Noise meastrements on a telephone wnessige channel
are characterized by hows aimoym the noise is (othe subseriber rather than by the absolute
magniqude of the average noise power, Noise mterferenge is comprised of two components
annoyamee and the effe Ilgibility. both of which ane funetions of fre
‘quency. Noise signals with equal intesteein ed equal magnitudes. To ac
ccompiish this effect, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) developed
ang netwark called Cnessage weight
‘When designing the C fork, groups af observers were asked
to adjust the loudness of 14 different frequencies between ISH) Hy and 3500 Hy uti the
soumd of each tone was judgedl fo be equally annoying as 100042 reference fone 1 the
abseniee of speech, A 1DIK-HZ tone was selected for the reference because empirical dat
inglicated that 1000 Hz 18 the most annoying frequeney tke,. the best Frequency
ree of ammoyance tothe listener an,
i. Tho fatal noise is comprised of
uit Room bia
ses Foaches the car directly through leakae around the reee
pal trou
ses also reaches the listener over the communications chanel
round nose on the
ihe telephone set, Room naise from the
spouse}
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Table 3. Feclty Parameter Linits
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6. Frequency shift 1S Hr endinend
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Signal to thd order Akan 40h
Jo, Peaks ais Belg of $0 minim clo cm thst PAR miter
11, Phase Sor esi any IS mite pti seer tha
12 Gain hts oo les in any smut pri gear than
Dropouts incany 1S oe jt tester than
dlestination station, The modem, telephone, snd circuit configueation are capable of two
‘way transmission a either the liall- or the full-dupley mexte
Figure 19b shows an active hvo-wire transmission system fie. ome that provides
sain), The only difference between this circuit ant the ane shown in Figure [ais the al
dltion of an amplifier to compensate for transmission line losses, The amplifier is unidir
tional and, thus, limits transmission to one dirgetion only (simples
Figure 19e shows a evo-wine eeu using a digital T carrier for the transmission
medium, ‘This circuit requires aT catrier transmitter at one end and aT ewrier receiver at
the otlior end. ‘The di + transmission line is capable of two-way teansmission:
Fhowever, the (ransina ran the T eamtier are not, The transmitter encodes the
analog vance or mesdem signals into 3 PCM evsde, and the decor in the receiver performs
the opposite operation, converting PCM godes back to analog, The digital transmission
modi 1S pair oF eopper ware
Figures 1a, b, and e are examples of ised! 3,8 the 1860 Stations
«dit a owo-wire metalic transmission line, Figure 1d shows
Tine transmission medium is Parth’s atmesphere, and there
or and ree
are physically interconnee
an equivaens syo-wive i‘The Telephone Circuit
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a. Tex ———_____1 Tex
Two-wre Passive torre wae
Teleo transmission ine Teleo
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FIGURE 18 Twowre configurations (a) poss
(Continvedh
fe cable cincuit; (bi) active cable circu
fare no copper wires berseen the {Wo stations. Although Earth's atmosphere is capable of
bbvo-way simultaneous transmission, the radio transmatier and receiver are not, Therelone
this ts considered an equivalent (wo-wire cite,
62 Four-Wire Voice-Frequency Circuits
As the name imphes, rolves four wires (two for each dinection—
a signal and a reletence) or a eireuit configuration that is equivalent to using four wires
Four-wire circuits are ideally suited 10 full-duplex transmission, although they cam kane
very often do) operate inthe hilf-duplex mode. As with Byossice transmission, there are
wire and eqpnatent for
20 shows the lock diagrams for our possible four-wire cireutt comligura
ovo Forms of four-wire transmission systems: physica! fo
Figure
tions. As the figures show, a four-wige circuits equivalent 1o wo two-wire eireuts, one for
‘each direction of tanstnission, The ereuits shown in Figures 20a, b, ane are physical four
wire circuits, as the transmitter at one station és hard ired 10 the rocetser a the other sta
tion, Therelore, each 10.
ire pair is unidirectional (simples), but the combined four-scire
cereuit is idirectional (fll duplex
‘The eireuit shown in Figure 2041 1s. an equivalent fo hat uses Earth's a
mosphere for the ransiission medium, Slahon A (ransmbils on one frequency Wf) and fe
ceives on a diferent frequency (3), while station B transmits on frequency fs and reeetses
‘on frequency fj, Therefore the avo radio signals do wot interfere with of
nor, and Si:
imultancous bid
‘tional (ransmission is possible
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FIGURE 18 (Continued) (o) digtal carrier stern; (cl wireless radia carrier aystern
6-3. Two Wire versus Four Wire
There are several inherent advantages of four-wire circuits over tworwire circus, Por in
stance, four-wire circuits are considerably less noisy. have less crosstalk an provide mone
isolation betseen de two diteetions of ansanissinn when operating in either dhe bal or
te full-duplex mode. However, ewo-wirecizcuils require less wire, less eizeuttry and, thus
Jess money than their four-wire counterparts,
Providing amplification is another disadvantage of four-wire operation, Telephone
for modem signals propagated more dhan a few miles require amplitieation. A bidirec:
tional amphiier on a (so-wire eireuit is no practical, Its much easier 49 separate the
bovo dizections of propagation sth a four-wine circuit and install separate amplifiers in
teach direetion
6-4 Hybrids, Echo Suppressors, and Echo Cancelers
When a owo-wire circuit is connected toa four-wire circuit, as ina long-distance telephone
call, an interface circuit called a hybrid, or terminating, set is used to affect the interta
The hybrid set used to match impedances an «0 provide isolation hetvicen the (0 die
reetinnsof signal low. The hybrid eireut used 1 convert ewo=ite etre o our cit
cats is similar o the by bed coil found n Sanda telephone setsTe ir
ror CC
Four wire passin ia
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FIGURE 20. Four-aire configurations
T-carrier system. (G) wireless radio carrier system
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FIGURE 24 Hyr (Lerminatng) sets
ran fora wo. wine to four- wire hybeid network. The by
es for unpedance vations inthe two-wire portion ofthe circuit, The am
Figure 21 shows the bloek di
brid evil eompes
pliers snd alternators aust the si
sate for impairments in dhe qansmission line that affect dhe frequency response of the
transmitted signal such as line inductance, capacitance, and resistance. 8
to cast (W-E5 enter the terminating st from the ts sire line, where they are inductively cou
ples amt the ses-40 east tnmsniter section of the Four wire circuit. Siewals received foam the
fvur-wire side ofthe hybrid propagate through the receiver in tie east-to-west EW) section of
the four-wire circuit where they ae applied to the center taps of the hybrid voils, Ike imped
ances of the tvo-wire line and the balancing network are paoperly watched. all eurents pro
duced inthe upper half of tne lsbrid by the FW signals will be equal in magnitude but oppo
site in polarity. Therefore, the voltages induced inte secondaries will be 180) out of phase with
‘cach other sn, ths. cancel. This prevents any’ oF the si
senleras.an echo,
the impedances of the two-wire line and the balancing network ure no matched.
voltages induced in the sevondaries of the hybrid coil will not completely cancel, This mm
bulance causes a portion of the received signal 1o be returned to the sender on the WE por
tion of the four wire circuit, Bukit
te subscriber loop because of lons-tern temperature variations and degradation of trans
mission fines, The talker hears the returned portion of the signal as am echo, snd if the
round-trip delay exceeds approximtstely 45 ms, the echo ean become quite annoying. To
climinate this echo, devices called ech suppressorsare inserted alone enxL oF the four-wie
cirenit
Figure 22 shows a simplified block diagram of an echo suppressor. The specel dete
tor senses the presence and direction of the signal. [ten enables the amplifierin the appropri
atc dirvetiow and disuibles the amplifier in the opposite direction, thus prevent,
s,m
uals aveling west
smite the
jetwworks can never completely match a hybrid to
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empitior
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