目录PCM&TDME1GeneralcharacteristicsE1FramingstructureE1AlarmBriefHistoryoftheEmergenceoftheDigitalSignalHierarchyTheneedtotransmitanalogvoiceoverdigitaltransmissionmediumresultedintheformationoftheDigitalSignalHierarchyinNorthAmericaintheearly1960’s
TheDS0constitutesthesmallestfundamentalunitintheDigitalSignalHierarchy
(8bitsx8kHz)64kbps
DigitalsignalhierarchyShorthistoryofpulsecodedmodulationPulseCodedModulation(PCM)•PCMisamethodbywhichanalogmessagecanbetransformedintonumericalformatandthendecodedatthereceiverPAM/HDB-3ChannelsamplingLP-filteringquantizationPulseregenerationLP-filteringPAM/HDB-3transmitterreceiverPCM-methodsummarized•AnalogspeechsignalisappliedintoaLP-filterrestrictingitsbandwidthinto3
4kHz•SamplingcircuitformsaPAMpulsetrainhavingrateof8kHz•Samplesarequantizedinto256leve