Synchronous Optical Network (Sonet)
Synchronous Optical Network (Sonet)
Synchronous Optical Network (Sonet)
(SONET)
SIGNAL HIERARCHY
SONET vs SDH BIT RATES
SONET SDH
SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL BIT RATE SYNCHRONOUS
TRANSPORT SIGNAL CARRIER Mb/s TRANSPORT MODULE
STS-1 OC-1 51.84 ----
STS-3 OC-3 155.52 STM-1
STS-9 OC-9 466.56 ----
STS-12 OC-12 622.08 STM-4
STS-18 OC-18 933.12 ---
STS-24 OC-24 1244.16 ---
STS--36 OC-36 1866.24 ---
STS-48 OC-48 2488.32 STM-16
STS-192 OC-192 9953.28 STM-64
*BIT RATES FOR HIGHER ORDER IS N-TIMES THE LOWER ORDER
SONET Architecture
STS STS
PTE PTE
LTE LTE
SONET STE STE STE SONET
Terminal Mux reg reg reg Mux Terminal
Section Section
STS Line
STS-1 Path
90 bytes
B B B 87B
Section
Overhead 3 rows
Information
9 Rows
Payload
Line
Overhead 6 rows
Transport 125 s
overhead
(90 X 9 X 8) / 125
51.84 Mb/s
Transmitting a STS – 1 Frame
VT Capacities:-
VT 1.5 VT 2 VT 3 VT 6
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9
VT 1.5 3 27 4 28 1.728
VT 2 4 36 3 21 2.304
VT 3 6 54 2 14 3.456
VT 6 12 108 1 7 6.912
SPE Group
Similarly 3 X VT 2 = Group
2 X VT 3 = Group
1 X VT 6 = Group
SPE Group (Cont….)
Gp 1 Gp 2 Gp 3 Gp 4 Gp 5 Gp 6 Gp 7
Each Group
may contain
one VT type
P
Two Columns
are for
O
“Fixed Stuff”
H
SONET – Groups and SPE Structure
X768
Mbps 39813.12 STS-768
X4
X192
OC-192
Mbps 9953.28
STS-192
STS-1 X1 DS3
X4 44.736Mbps
X48 SPE
OC-48
STS-48
Mbps 2488.32
X1 E4
X4 139.264Mbps
OC-12 X12
STS-12
Mbps 622.080
X4
OC-3 STS-3C X4
Mbps 155.52
STS-3 VT1.5 DS1
SPE 1.544Mbps
X3
X3 E1
X1 STS-1 X7 VT VT2
STS-1 2.048Mbps
SPE GROUP
X2 DSIC
VT3 3.152Mbps
X1 DS2
SONET Multiplication Hierarchy VT6 6.312Mbps
STS-N Frame
Single-Step multiplexer
STS-1 1
STS-1 2
STS-N
STS-1 N
1
STS-1 STS-3
2
STS-1
3
STS-1
1
STS-1
STS-3
2
STS-1
3
STS-1
Single stage
Max.
STS-N Frame structure
N X 90 Columns
Section
OH
POH:N
C N * 783 Bytes SPE
O
9 Rows
L
Line OH U
M
N
s
N X 3 OH N * 87 Payload Envelope