Chapter 2 - System Architecture 
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RI N C IP LE  O F  T HE 
ZXMSG
 
5200 
TDM 
switching
Ethernet switching 
POTS
xDSL
Voice 
compressing 
CNIC
( NAT module 
)
IP 
network
ICS
MPR
ICS upper sub-card
 
 
In Figure 1, the outmost frame stands for the system border, and dotted 
line frames present board functions. The ZXMSG 5200 provides POTS and 
xDSL access at the subscriber side and provides IP uplink at the network 
side.  
Narrowband services like POTS enter the TDM of ICS board for switching. 
Voices  are  converted  into  IP  packets  through  MPR’s  voice  compressing 
functions.  The  packets  are  switched  by  the  Ethernet  switching  chip  and 
sent to CNIC for network address conversion, and then switched  again to 
enter the IP network from the uplink interface.  
xDSL services enter the Ethernet switching chip of ICS board and then is 
sent to the IP network through the uplink interface.