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Physical Layer SONET and SDH

The document discusses the physical layer standards SONET and SDH which specify transmission rates of 155Mb/s and 622Mb/s for B-ISDN. SDH uses a frame structure to achieve these rates, with a 9,270 octet frame repeated at 8KHz to achieve 155Mb/s. The 622Mb/s rate extends this frame by increasing field sizes.

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Physical Layer SONET and SDH

The document discusses the physical layer standards SONET and SDH which specify transmission rates of 155Mb/s and 622Mb/s for B-ISDN. SDH uses a frame structure to achieve these rates, with a 9,270 octet frame repeated at 8KHz to achieve 155Mb/s. The 622Mb/s rate extends this frame by increasing field sizes.

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Physical Layer; SONET and SDH

For B-ISDN, two transmission rates are currently specified; 155Mb/s and 622Mb/s,
although it is highly likely that other higher rates will be standardised (Table ).

Table: SONET and SDH data rates and payload rates


To achieve these rates, the physical layer uses a structuring called synchronous digital
hierarchy (SDH). This is a ITU standard based heavily on earlier work by ANSI called
synchronous optical network (SONET). For our interests the two are practically
identical, and so further, only reference to SDH will be made, with specific differences in
SONET being highlighted where necessary. SDH specifies a hierarchy of signals that are
multiples of 155.52Mb/s to achieve higher data rates. For instance, the 155Mb/s rate,
SDH uses a 9 270 octet frame. This frame is repeated with a frequency of 8KHz, so
achieving a rate of 155Mb/s (Figure ). The frame consists of 81 octets of section
overhead (SOH) and the rest of the frame, which we will call the payload, is filled with
ATM cells. The capacity available to the network user is then the payload rate. The path
overhead (POH) are special control octets. The AU-4 pointer give the location of the
VC-4 container which holds the ATM cells. There may not be an integral number of cells
in the VC-4.
The 622Mb/s rate can be achieved simply extending the 155Mb/s SDH frame by
increasing the field sizes (Figure ).

Figure: Frame structure for 155.520Mb/s SDH-based interface

Figure: Frame structure for 622.080Mb/s SDH-based interface


Some of the Physical layer specifications for the optical transmission of the signal are
given in Table .

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