ISDN-oriented Modular Interface
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ISDN-oriented Modular Interface (IOM) is a system architecture and its bus for communication between various VLSI ICs for the lower layers (ref. OSI model) of ISDN. It was developed by Siemens (today: Infineon), current revision is IOM-2. Its purpose is to enable modularity. Second sources are AMD, Alcatel, Plessey.
IOM-2 is a 4-wire serial, full-duplex link. 2 operation modes are available: line card mode and terminal mode; which differ only in number and purpose of the channels. Signals are:
- DCL (data clock, 16 kHz * N, where N = number of channels)
- FSC (frame sync, 8 kHz)
- DU (data upstream)
- DD (data downstream)
References
- ICs for Communications, IOM–2 Interface Reference Guide. Siemens AG. 1991. Order Number B115-H6397-X-X-7600.
- ICs for Communications, ISDN Subscriber Access Controller for Terminals, ISAC–STE, PSB2186 User's Manual. Siemens AG. 1994.
- Georg, Otfried (2000). Telekommunikationstechnik. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-66845-9. (in German, p. 278ff give an overview and some application examples)
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