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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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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