Figure 2: Logical Flow Control And Rts/Cts Signaling Behind The Decoder - Siemens Mux_guide_v06 User Manual

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RTS/CTS on the logical channels
The customer application needs to regulate the data flow according to the logical flow
control. The implementation of the WinMux2k is a good example. It maps the 3 decoded
channels to 3 serial interfaces as well as the logical flow control information (FC-BIT in MSC
message) directly on the RTS/CTS-control lines.
In this case CTS superposes the STOP information (data sending disabled) sent by the
module to control the data transmission from the customer application to the module. If RTS
is reset, a STOP is transmitted to the module to control the data transmission from the
module to the customer application. Figure 2 illustrates the data flow.
COM M
RTS/CTS
COM N RTS/CTS
RTS/CTS
COM P
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Customer application
(WinMux2k)

Figure 2: Logical flow control and RTS/CTS signaling behind the decoder

RING/DCD
Unlike all other lines DCD and RING are transmitted additionally on the UART directly by the
module. These signals are logical ORs from the three logical channel status lines. However,
the customer application must carefully decide how to handle these lines and ensure, that no
conflicts occur between the different channels. E.g. in some situations it may be advisable to
display RING on channel 1 only.
Please keep in mind that a call can be accepted on one channel only. Therefore some kind
of mutual locking mechanism must be used.
Mux_guide_v06
Controller
(maps RTS/CTS of
the unframed
channels to log. FC)
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Protocol
IO
GSM 07.10
HW flow control
logical flow control (FC)
Flow control between the applications
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Channel 1:
RTS/CTS
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30.06.2004