Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. 1 (DSS1) is a

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signalling protocol (D channel protocol) used for the

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. It is defined by ITU-T I.411 (ETS 300 102Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); User-network interface layer 3 Specifications for basic call control
/ref>). It supports Bearer Capability, Low Level Compatibility and High Level Compatibility, ANI, DNIS and redirected number signaling in both directions. A standard developed by

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for

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is known as Euro-ISDN or E-DSS1 or simply EDSS1 (European DSS1). DSS1/EDSS1 protocol, in contrast, for example, to the protocol

QSIG QSIG is an ISDN based signaling protocol for signaling between private branch exchanges (PBXs) in a private integrated services network (PISN). It makes use of the connection-level Q.931 protocol and the application-level ROSE protocol. ISDN "prop ...

, designed for use as access to public

and asymmetric in the sense that it suggests a link with the network side at one end (digital public telephone exchange) and the user (

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, PBX) - at the other. Since the market for ISDN equipment was open, ETSI provided guidance to suppliers of ISDN equipment by means of the minimum requirements for inter-connectivity to ISDN networks. These documents, called NET3 for BRI and NET5 for PRI lines, described a set of protocol tests terminals should comply to. Later, testing institutes, like

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in the Netherlands, implemented and performed the protocol tests and provided the appropriate certificates. In 1989, 26 network operators from 20 European countries decided to develop EDSS1 as a pan-

an standard to replace earlier national protocols (such as

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or VN3). EDSS1 has been one of the keys to the success of the

within European countries (as compared to, for example, the

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). Non-European countries using DSS1 include

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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, Palestine,

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, and the

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. The DSS1 protocol knows four different codesets for information elements. Codeset 0 regards to

Q.931 ITU-T Recommendation Q.931 is the ITU standard ISDN connection control signalling protocol, forming part of ''Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. 1''. Unlike connectionless systems like UDP, ISDN is connection oriented and uses explicit si ...

, Codeset 5 to the ETSI standard, Codeset 6 for national applications and Codeset 7 for PBX applications. The most common Codeset is 0/Q.931.

References

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