Synchronous Optical Network (Sonet)

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Synchronous Optical Network

(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

STE: Section Terminating Equipment, e.g. a repeater


LTE: Line Terminating Equipment, e.g. a STS-1 to STS-3 multiplexer
PTE: Path Terminating Equipment, e.g. an STS-1 multiplexer
SONET frame

90 bytes

B B B 87B
Section
Overhead 3 rows
Information
9 Rows
Payload
Line
Overhead 6 rows

Transport 125 s
overhead

SPE Synchronous Payload Envelope

SONET STS – 1 Frame Structure


Rate of STS – 1

(90 X 9 X 8) / 125

51.84 Mb/s
Transmitting a STS – 1 Frame

Row by Row (Similar as SDH)


Virtual Tributaries
VTs :- Small containers that are used to transport user payloads.

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

27 Bytes 36 Bytes 54 Bytes 108 Bytes


VTs type and Payload Rates

VT type Cls/VT Bytes/VT VTs/Group VTs/SPE VT Payload


Rates (Mb/s)

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

SPE contain 87 Column


Payload capacity = 87 – (One Column for POH) – (Two Column for Fixed Stuff)
= 84 Column
These 84 Column partioned in 7 groups
Each Group has 12 Column
SPE Group (Cont….)
4 X VT 1.5 Group
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
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
SPE Group (Cont….)

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

STS-N Single Stage Multiplexing


Two-Step Multiplexer

1
STS-1 STS-3
2
STS-1
3
STS-1

Single Stage STS-12


Max.

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

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