Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Modem Standards


Modem Standards

o    Bell modems
-First commercial modems by Bell Telephone Co.
-Developed in early 1970s

o    ITU-T modem standards
-V-series: Today's most popular modem standards
-Bell modem compatible: V.21/22/23/26/27/29

o    Intelligent modems
-Hayes (or Hayes-compatible) modems
-Modem is controlled by instructions (AT commands)
-Automatic answering, dialing, etc.

BELL Modems

   Traditional Modems
o    Traditional modems are limited to a data rate of 33.6 Kbps as determined by
Shannon's formula Data rate Signal-to-noise ratio
o    New modems with bit rated of 56 Kbps are wide spread now

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