INTERNATIONAL  TELECOMMUNICATION  UNION

		     ITU-T RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY

Rec. No. : X.38

Title :	G3 facsimile equipment/DCE interface for G3 facsimile 
	equipment accessing the facsimile packet assembly/disassembly 
	facility (FPAD) in a public data network situated in the same 
	country

Study Group : VII - Data Communications Networks

Version : New

Date of adoption : 1992

Notes :	


The establishment in various countries of public data networks 
providing packet switched data transmission services creates a need to 
produce standards to facilitate G3 facsimile equipment access from the 
telephone network.

Recommendation X.38 defines the following procedures:

	a) Procedures for establishment of a national access 
	   information path between a G3 facsimile equipment and an 
	   FPAD;

	b) Procedures for service initialization between a G3 
	   facsimile equipment and an FPAD;

	c) Procedures for the exchange of control information between 
	   a G3 facsimile equipment and an FPAD;

	d) Procedures for the exchange of facsimile image data between 
	   a G3 facsimile equipment and an FPAD.



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