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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: comp.dcom.modems lexicon
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Date: 10 Mar 91 19:52:50 GMT
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In article <147556@pyramid.pyramid.com>,
lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes: 

> Now that V.32bis has passed, is there much movement in CCITT for
> attempting to provide interoperability between the local/remote
> network management techniques for dial modems?   

No.  In fact, there is an established US position that the CCITT 
_should not_ attempt to standardize the actual line signalling, 
because of the huge number of existing proprietary solutions and the 
impossibility of reaching a consensus.  But this position is based 
on the various types of modulation-based signalling schemes, such as 
those used with leased-line modems; I believe there's still hope for 
being able to standardize dial network management of V.42 modems, 
since we've already reserved one of the LAPM address field values 
for network management purposes.  As in all other areas of OSI 
management, the definition of objects and attributes for management 
of the physical layer is progressing quickly; we just need to see if 
we can reach agreement on carrying the OSI management protocols on 
the V.42 management channel.

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