Inventors:
Gordon T. Davis - Boca Raton FL
Michael G. Ho Lung - Boca Raton FL
Baiju D. Mandalia - Boca Raton FL
Roland J. Millas - Coral Gables FL
Oscar E. Ortega - Miami FL
Rafael J. Picon - Boca Raton FL
Loran R. Queen - Boca Raton FL
Richard H. Robinson - Dunwoody GA
William R. Robinson - West Palm Beach FL
Leo A. Sharp - Boca Raton FL
Jan W. van den Berg - Boca Raton FL
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
H04J 300
Abstract:
A dual digital signal processor (DSP) provides real time links between multiple time division channels of a digital carrier system (e. g. T-1) and a host data processor. Operating only on digital signals, internally and at its interfaces to the carrier and host systems, the DSP exchanges data and control signalling information with the carrier system and data and control information with the most processor, converting the data in passage to different digital forms. At the interface to the carrier system, signals are received and transmitted in a form adapted to diverse terminal equipment of users remotely linked to the carrier system via the switched public network. At the host interface, signals are transferred and received in a form suited to the data process requirements of the host system (e. g. data bytes directly representing alphanumeric characters). Thus, the DSP acts as the equivalent of multiple different types of modems in performing required conversions.