What is T1 and E1?

T1 is a digital carrier signal that transmits the DS 1 signal. It has a data rate oI about 1.544 megabits / second. It
contains twenty Iour digital channels and hence requires a device that has digital connection. This digital connection
is called as the CSU / DSU Customer Switching Unit or Digital Switching Unit. The scalability oI the T1 is up to
200 and above users. It also provides some services similar to the internet provider. Most oI the computer uses a T1
connection. This technology makes your modem to have higher speeds and it is an aIIordable technology.
E1 is similar to the T1. T1 is the North American term whereas the E1 is the European term Ior the transmission
(digital). The data rate oI E1 is about 2 mega bits per second. It has 32 channels at the speed oI 64 Kbps. It is
important to know that 2 channels among the 32 are already reserved. One channel is used Ior signaling while the
other channel is used Ior controlling. The diIIerence between T1 and E1 lies in the number oI channels here. The
speed remains the same. There may be inter connection between the E1 and T1 lines. This is interconnected
because it is used Ior international purpose.
Differences in the physical delivery:
Here are we are going to discuss the diIIerences in the physical delivery.
Data Rate: The main diIIerence is the data rate. T1 has a data rate oI 1.544 mbps and E1 has a data rate oI 2.048
mbps.
Copper Delivery: In the T1 signal there is a copper delivery among 4 wires. It is grouped into two pairs. One pair is
the RX (12) and another is TX (45). The RX is the data that is Irom the network and the TX is to the network. In
the E1, there are two types oI physical delivery; balanced physical delivery and unbalance physical delivery. The
unbalance physical delivery has 4 copper wires. It is similar to that oI T1. Whereas in the balance physical delivery
there is a coax connector which has one cable Ior RX and one cable Ior TX.
Services: T1 has a speciIic type oI service. It has repeaters Ior every six thousand Ieet, a pulse or waveIorm shape
and a jitter. The E1 has 32 timeslots. This can be said as DS. Each DS is about 8 bits wide.
Differences in the Framing Format:
Let us discuss the diIIerences in the Iraming Iormat.
Framing: In T1, there are two types oI Iraming Iormats. One is D4 (twelve bits group) used in aligning the
equipment which is used Ior Iraming and another is ESF (twenty Iour bits group) used in aligning the Irames as
well as in the maintenance oI the channel which is Iacilitated by the data link. In E1, there are two Iraming Iormats.
One is a called the double Irame it uses the DS0 and another is the multiIrame which is the independent Iorm.