ISDN
is a digital communication networks providing transmission rates in multiples
of 64 kbits/sec. Typically described as 2B+D, Basic Rate Interface(BRI)
logically used 2 64kbit/s data channels (B channels) and one 16kbit/s signaling
channel (D channel). ISDN has yet to become a single global standard.
Individual countries however, have their own flavors of ISDN all of which are
based to a varying degree around the ITUs ISDN standard.