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STDM

The common STDM system in the US is T-Carrier.

STDM

  • Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing

DS0

  • Level 0. One timeslot.
  • A timeslot carries 8 bits.
  • Frame rate is 8000 Hz. 8 × 8000 = 64 Kbps.

B8ZS

  • Binary Eight Zero Substitution.
  • A special way to encode 0000 0000 for DS1/T1 lines.

T1 Frame

  • T-Carrier, Level 1.
  • Aggregates 24 DS0 frames, or 192 bits.
  • The T1 gets an extra bit for framing, so 193. 193 × 8000 = 1.544 Mbps.

Super Frame

  • 12 T1 frames.

Framing Search

  • Each T1 frame uses the extra bit to encode part of the superframe bit pattern
  • 0101 1101 0001, or (5, 13, 1).

APS

  • Automatic Protection Switching.
  • The device engaging in APS sends the data on both links, the working link and the protected link.
  • The receiving device devices which to use.

DS1

  • Digital Signal, Level 1.

T1

  • T-Carrier, Level 1.
  • Carries 24 DS0 frames, or 192 bits.
  • The T1 gets an extra bit for framing, so 193. 193 × 8000 = 1.544 Mbps.

ACR

  • Access Circuit Redundancy.

Cisco CEM Terms

  • ACR - Adaptive Clock Recovery, A technique to recovery the clock based on the fill level of the jitter buffer.

References

T-Carrier and SONET

All you Wanted to Know about T1 But Were afraid to Ask

OCx CEM Interface Module Config Guide IOS-XE 17 ASR 900 Series

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