Position of GeoCentrex in EWSD

Siemens

Position of GeoCentrex in EWSD

Objectives
The participant is able to

explain the position of GeoCentrex in EWSD

explain the main features offered by GeoCentrex

list the prerequisites to implement GeoCentrex in EWSD

Contents
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Position of GeoCentrex in EWSD

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Position of GeoCentrex in EWSD

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Position of GeoCentrex in EWSD

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Position of GeoCentrex in EWSD

GeoCentrex is a Central Office based business communications service which

provides capabilities similar to those offered on a Private Branch Exchange (PBX).
GeoCentrex integrates all of a business customers lines into a single, highly
functional telecommunication system. It provides a wide selection of features
including of features such as: direct inward dialing, direct outward dialing, and
intercom dialing, among many others.
Centrex derives its name from two words: Central Office and Exchange. Because
GeoCentrex is a Central Office based service, it is unique in that it can only be
provided by the telephone company. While GeoCentrex provides capabilities
comparable to PBX, there is one major difference: with GeoCentrex, a business does
not have the expense or inconvenience of on-site switching equipment. The
switching for GeoCentrex is part of the local Digital Central Office.
The power behind GeoCentrex lies in the Central Office. A GeoCentrex customer can
have its own unique dialing scheme for making calls within the business and
accessing custom calling features.
GeoCentrex offers a number of benefits for business customer. Most of these
benefits center around the fact that GeoCentrex provides a powerful set of
communications services directly from the Central office. This means that business
customers do not have the inconvenience and expense of having to purchase and
maintain their own telephone system.
The benefits of GeoCentrex may be summarized as follows:

high Reliability

maintenance by the telephone company

virtually unlimited growth capacity

flexibility and customization

cost-effective multi-location capabilities

extensive feature set

cost savings

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EX
Mixed
PBX
NT

SIEMENS
NI XDORF

Fax
or

EX
with

NT

SIEMENS
NI XDORF

C
E
N
T
R
E
X

Fax

Fig. 1

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Position of GeoCentrex in EWSD

The lines of a GeoCentrex group are the GeoCentrex stations. They can be

analog subscribes

(DLU, V5 interface, CTM)

ISDNsubscribers

(DLU, V5 interface)

analog PBX-lines

(DLU, V5 interface, LTG)

ISDNPBX-lines

(DLU, V5 interface, LTGB)

analog MLHG-lines

(DLU, V5 interface, CTM)

ISDNMLHG-lines

(DLU, V5 interface)

analog or ISDN basic attendant

(DLU, V5 interface, CTM)

MAC attendant

(DLU, V5 interface)

customer premises equipment

These lines are combined to form a GeoCentrex group.

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EWSD exchange
with CENTREX

Siemens

EWSD exchange
with CENTREX

DLU

DLU
DLU

remote DLU
PBX

NT

SIEMENS
NIXDOR F

group 1

NT
SIEMENS
NIXDOR F

SIEM ENS
NIXDORF

SIEM ENS
NIXDORF

group 2

remote DLU

SIEM ENS
NI XD ORF

group 3

Fig. 2 GEOCENTREX Group

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A GeoCentrex group can be formed by lines belonging to the same DLU, to different
DLUs within the same exchange or to different exchanges.

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EWSD
CTX
group

analog ROT
ISDN

ISDN

NT

analog PB

PCM30

Attendant
groups

analog PB/ROT
ISDN

ISDN

PBX/PABX

Basic
Attendant

SIEMENS
NIXDORF

NT

MAC
Attendant

ISDN

NT

analog

CPE

MLHG
ISDN

ISDN
NT

analog ROT

analog PB

Fig. 3

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Prerequisites to use GeoCentrex in your exchange:

GeoCentrex feature must be released in exchange

MOD CALLPOPT:RELFEA = CENTREX;

ODAGEN groups assigned to GeoCentrex database must be expanded to the

requested size.

Affected ODAGEN groups are:

CDS

Call Distribution System

CGD

GeoCentrex group data

CGI

GeoCentrex group intercept pool

COT

CARS CP Object Control Table

CPU

GeoCentrex pickup data

CQD
CQH

Call Queuing data

CQI

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CSD

GeoCentrex station data

CSE

Common service subscriber

CTA

GeoCentrex administrable call types

CTC

Call type list

CTT

GeoCentrex CSSUB taskgroup status time table

CTX

GeoCentrex translator data

CXZ

GeoCentrex zoner tree data

DCA

GeoCentrex Public directory number and access codes

DLK

DSB-ISDN CP data link

DNA

Additional DN data

DSB

Digital switchboards

OBC

Output buffers for CARS

OPD

Operator data table

SGD

Common service group data

TGT

Common CDS task group table

XHT

Message detailed recording

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Limitations:

up to 90 GeoCentrex groups supported per LTG

no GeoCentrex access to PSPDN (public switched packet data network)

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