AS/NZS 4160: 1994

ISO 9543:1989

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Information processing systems—

Information exchange between
systems—Synchronous
transmission signal quality at
DTE/DCE interfaces
 AS/NZS 4160: 1994

This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical

Committee IT/1, Information Systems—Interconnection. It was approved on behalf of
the Council of Standards Australia on 12 October 1993 and on behalf of the Council
of Standards New Zealand on 26 July 1993. It was published on 18 April 1994.

The following interests are represented on Committee IT/1:

Australian Association of Permanent Building Societies

Australian Bankers Association
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Australian Committee of Directors and Principals
Australian Computer Society
Australian Computer Users Association
Australian Information Industry Association
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Australian Telecommunications Users Group

Australian Vice Chancellors Committee
Department of Defence, Australia
Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce, Australia
Information Exchange Steering Committee, Australia
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, CSIRO, Australia
Life Insurance Federation of Australia
OPTUS Communications, Australia
Telecom Australia

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Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Information processing systems—

Information exchange between
systems—Synchronous
transmission signal quality at
DTE/DCE interfaces

First published as Joint Standard AS/NZS 4160:1994.

PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY:

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Australia/New Zealand Standards Committee IT/1 on
Information Systems— Interconnection. It is identical with, and has been reproduced from,
ISO 9543:1989, Information processing systems —Information exchange between systems —Synchronous
transmission signal quality at DTE/DCE interfaces .
This Joint Standard is one of a series of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Standards which are
currently under development. Since OSI Standards are developmental, there may be some minor
difficulties encountered in their implementation. For this reason, Standards Australia will be providing,
through the OSI Help Desk, a service to coordinate and disseminate information concerning difficulties
which are identified in using this Joint Standard.
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Standards bodies, ISO and IEC, as well as certain other Standards organizations, users of this Joint
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Standard are advised of the following:

(a) In Australia, copyright is vested in Standards Australia. In New Zealand, copyright is vested in
Standards New Zealand.
(b) The number of this Joint Standard is not reproduced on each page; its identity is shown only on
the cover and title pages.
For the purpose of this Joint Standard, the ISO text should be modified as follows:
(i) Terminology The words ‘Australian Standard’, ‘New Zealand Standard’ or ‘Joint Australian/
New Zealand Standard’ should replace the words ‘International Standard’ wherever they appear.
(ii) References The references to International Standards should be replaced by references to the
following Australian/New Zealand Standards:
Reference to International Standard Australian/New Zealand Standard
or other Publication
ISO AS
1282 Data processing—Vocabulary 1189 Data processing—Vocabulary
1282-9 Part 09: Data communication 1189.9 Part 9: Data communication
CCITT
V.5 Standardization of data signalling rates —
for synchronous data transmission in the
general switched telephone network
V.6 Standardization of data signalling rates —
for synchronous data transmission on
leased telephone-type circuits
V.10 Electrical characteristics for unbalanced —
double-current interchange circuits for
general use with integrated circuit
equipment in the field of data communi-
cations
V.11 Electrical characteristics for balanced —
double-current interchange circuits for
general use with integrated circuit
equipment in the field of data communi-
cations
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V.22 1 200 bits per second duplex modem —

standardized for use on the general
switched telephone network and on
point-to-point 2-wire leased circuits
V.22bis 2 400 bits per second duplex modem —
using the frequency division technique
standardized for use on the general
switched telephone network and on
point-to-point 2-wire leased telephone-
type circuits
V.23 600/1 200 baud modem standardized for —
use in the general switched telephone
network
V.24 List of definitions for interchange —
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circuits between data terminal equipment

and data circuit-terminating equipment
V.26 2 400 bits per second modem stan- —
dardized for use on 4-wire leased
telephone-type circuits
V.26bis 2 400/1 200 bits per second modem —
standardized for use in the general
switched telephone network
V.26ter 2 400 bits per second duplex modem —
using the echo cancellation technique
standardized for use in the general
switched telephone network and on
point-to-point 2-wire leased telephone-
type circuits
V.27 4 800 bits per second modem with —
manual equalizer standardized for use on
leased telephone-type circuits
V.27bis 4 800/2 400 bits per second modem with —
automatic equalizer standardized for use
on leased telephone-type circuits
V.27ter 4 800/2 400 bits per second modem
standardized for use in the general —
switched telephone network
V.28 Electrical characteristics for unbalanced —
double-current interchange circuits
V.29 9 600 bits per second modem stan- —
dardized for use on point-to-point 4-wire
leased telephone-type circuits
V.32 A family of 2-wire, duplex modems —
operating at data signalling rates of up
to 9 600 bit/s for use on the general
switched telephone network and on
leased telephone-type circuits
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V.33 14 400 bits per second modem stan-

dardized for use on point-to-point 4-wire —
leased telephone-type circuits
V.35 Data transmission at 48 kilobits per —
second using 60-108 kHz group band
circuits
V.36 Modems for synchronous data trans- —
mission using 60-108 kHz group band
circuits
V.37 Synchronous data transmission at a data —
signalling rate higher than 72 kbit/s
using 60-108 kHz group band circuits
V.110 Support of data terminal equipment —
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(DTEs) with V-series type interfaces by

an integrated services digital network
(ISDN)
X.10 Categories of access for data terminal —
equipment (DTE) to public data trans-
mission services provided by PDNs
and/or ISDNs through terminal adaptors
X.21 Interface between data terminal equip- —
ment (DTE) and data circuit-terminating
equipment (DCE) for synchronous
operation on public data networks
X.21bis Use on public data networks of data —
terminal equipment (DTE) which is
designed for interfacing to synchronous
V-series modems
X.22 Multiplex DTE/DCE interface for user —
classes 3-6
X.24 List of definitions for interchange cir- —
cuits between data terminal equipment
(DTE) and data circuit-terminating
equipment (DCE) on public data
networks
X.30 Support of X.21 and X.21bis based data —
terminal equipment (DTEs) by an inte-
grated services digital network (ISDN)
—
X.31 Support of packet mode terminal equip-
ment by an ISDN
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Information processing systems—Information
exchange between systems—Synchronous
transmission signal quality at DTE/DCE interfaces
1 Scope
1.1 This International Standard specifies signal quality
requirements for serial data transmission at the interface
between synchronous transmission Data Terminal Equip-
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ment (DTE) and Data Circuit-terminating Equipment
(DCE). The interface referred to in this International
Standard conforms to CCITT Recommendations V.24
(telephone networks), X.24 (data net works) as specified
in DCEs of CCITT Recommendations:
V.22, V.22bis, V.23, V.26. V.26bis, V.26ter, V.27, V.27bis,
V.27ter, V.29, V.32, V.33, or
X.21bis together with V.28, electrical characteristics; or
V.35 together with V.28/V.35 electrical characteristics; or
V.36, V.37 or X.21 together with V.10/V.11, electrical
characteristics; or
X.22 together with V.11, electrical characteristics.
It is also recognized and considered that during the
evolution of ISDN there will exist V.-series and X.-series
type interfaces at ISDN Reference point R, as specified in
CCITT Recommendations V.110, X.30 and X.31.
The speed limitation is determined by the referenced
CCITT DCE Recommendations in the X. (e.g. X.10) and
V. (e.g. V.5, V.6) series.
The signal quality requirement is limited to synchronous
transmission at the interface with synchronous DCEs.
Signal quality pertaining to asynchronous DTEs is not part
of this International Standard.
1.2 This International Standard recognizes the need to
have performance categories of signal quality depending
on the type of interchange circuits used at the interface for
signal element timing. Two classes of timing, codirectional
timing and contradirectional timing, are considered.
The signal quality is categorized by measurements of
timing displacement between data and timing signals, of
jitter, duty cycle, and accuracy of the timing signals.
Application to ISDN Reference point S/T is excluded.
1.3 This International Standard is of particular import-
ance when the interconnected equipment is furnished by
different organizations. It does not attempt to indicate what
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action, if any, is to be taken if the limits are not met, but
it is intended to provide a basis for agreement between
parties involved.
1.4 This International Standard does not describe the
signal quality of the DCE or the line associated with it.
Neither does it describe any requirement for an acceptable
bit error rate.
1.5 This International Standard may also be used for
DTE to DTE direct connections when the referenced
CCITT Interfaces are applied.
2 Normative references
The following standards contain provisions which, through
reference in this text, constitute provisions of this Inter-
national Standard. At the time of publication, the editions
indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision,
and parties to agreements based on this International
Standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of
applying the most recent editions of the standards indi-
cated below. Members of IEC and ISO maintain registers
of currently valid International Standards.
ISO 1282-9 : 1984, Data processing — Vocabulary —
Part 09: Data communication.
CCITT Recommendation V.5 : 1984, Standardization of
data signalling rates for synchronous data transmission in
the general switched telephone network.
CCITT Recommendation V.6 : 1984, Standardization of
data signalling rates for synchronous data transmission on
leased telephone-type circuits.
CCITT Recommendation V.10 ( = X.26) : 1984, Electrical
characteristics for unbalanced double-current interchange
circuits for general use with integrated circuit equipment in
the field of data communications.
CCITT Recommendation V.11 ( = X.27) : 1984, Electrical
characteristics for balanced double-current interchange
circuits for general use with integrated circuit equipment in
the field of data communications.
CCITT Recommendation V.22 : 1984, 1 200 bits per
second duplex modem standardized for use on the
general switched telephone network and on point-to-point
2-wire leased circuits.
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