Chapter 19

SONET/SDH

• Synchronous Transport Signals

• Physical Configuration
• The SONET Frame
• Multiplexing STS Frames

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Figure 19-1

SONET System

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Figure 19-2
SONET Layers

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Figure 19-3

Device-Layer Relationship

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Figure 19-4
Data Encapsulation

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Figure 19-5

STS-1 Frame

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Figure 19-6

STS-1
Overhead

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Figure 19-7
Section Overhead

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Figure 19-8
Line Overhead

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Figure 19-9
Payload Pointers

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Figure 19-10
Path Overhead

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Figure 19-11
Virtual Tributaries

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Figure 19-12
VT Types

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Figure 19-13

STS-n

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Figure 19-14

STS Multiplexing

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Figure 19-15

ATM in an STS-3 Envelope

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