E1LPM

DIGITAL SYSTEM E1 Loop Protection Module

E1Loop Protection Module is a full
functional protection module for E1
link breaks over a thin line multi-
hop network having alternate E1
link in the backup media. It can be
used with DI Mux of any make and
gives protection even against
multiple link breaks when used with
STM-1short haul backed up by
STM-4 long haul links.

Features Application
● Modular, Rugged, State-of-the- ● Provides full E1 protection for
art design. E1 link break with only one
● Ensures better link availability spare E1 channel of STM-1
with minimum requirement of throughout the link.
E1 channels at backup media. ● Provides full E1 protection in
● Easy to install and integrate. short loops for multiple E1 link
breaks simultaneously in STM-
● Visual alarm indications for
1 link backed up by STM-4
link breaks on East & West
long hauls at junctions.
direction.
● Meant for standalone
● Facility to extend potential free
application and can be
contacts for integration with
integrated with D/I Mux of any
centralized network monitoring
make.
system and bay top indication
in case of link breaks on East &
West direction.

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 NORMAL OPERATION ( WITH ONLY STM-1 LINK )
WEST DIRECTION EAST DIRECTION

Reverse Link

Stn A Stn B Stn C Stn D Stn E Stn F

STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1

N N N N N N N N N N N
S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) N
S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1)
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P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3

P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1

P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7

PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-1

E/T Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux E/T Mux

N.B.
N : NORMAL 2 Mbps Reverse link between Stn A and Stn F
S(1): STANDBY 2 Mbps Figure 1 may be through different fibre or through
route diversion.
 PROTECTED OPERATION ( WITH ONLY STM-1 LINK )
WEST DIRECTION EAST DIRECTION

Reverse Link

Stn A Stn B Stn C Stn D Stn E Stn F

Link Cut
STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1

N N N N N N N N N N N
S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) N
S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1)
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P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3

P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2

LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1

P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7

PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-1

E/T Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux E/T Mux

N.B.
N : NORMAL 2 Mbps Reverse link between Stn A and Stn F
S(1): STANDBY 2 Mbps Figure 2 may be through different fibre or through
route diversion.
 PROTECTED OPERATION ( WITH STM-1 & M/W LINK )
WEST DIRECTION EAST DIRECTION

Reverse Link on M/W

Stn A Stn B Stn C Stn D Stn E

Link Cut
STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1
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S(1) S(1)
M/W M/W
N N N N N N
Radio S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1)
N N
S(1) N
Radio
N
P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3

P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1

P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7

PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-1

E/T Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux E/T Mux

N : NORMAL 2 Mbps N.B.

S(1): STANDBY 2 Mbps Reverse link between Stn A and Stn E is
Figure 3 through a M/W route diversion.
 NORMAL OPERATION ( WITH STM-1 & STM-4 LINK )
WEST DIRECTION EAST DIRECTION

STM-4 STM-4 STM-4 STM-4 STM-4

Stn A Stn B Stn C Stn D Stn E Stn F

STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1
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N S(4) S(4) N N N N S(4) S(4) S(4) S(4)

N N N N N N N
S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1)

P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3

P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1

P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7

PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-1

E/T Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux E/T Mux

N : NORMAL 2 Mbps
S(1), S(4) : STANDBY 2 Mbps Figure 4
 PROTECTED OPERATION ( WITH STM-1 & STM-4 LINK )
WEST DIRECTION EAST DIRECTION

STM-4 STM-4 STM-4 STM-4 STM-4

Stn A Stn B Stn C Stn D Stn E Stn F

Link Cut Link Cut
STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1 STM-1
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N S(4) S(4) N N N N S(4) S(4) S(4) S(4)

N N N N N N N
S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1) S(1)

P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3 P4 P6 P5 P3

P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1 P2 LPM P1

P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7 P8 P7

PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-2 PORT-1 PORT-1

E/T Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux D/I Mux E/T Mux

N.B.
N : NORMAL 2 Mbps STM-1 in conjunction with STM-4 can
S(1), S(4) : STANDBY 2Mbps provide protection for simultaneous link
Figure 5 breaks in different loops.
Switch Settings and Connector Details
In the actual connector module, P1TX refers to Transmit (output) port of P1 and
P1RX refers to Receive (input) port of P1. In figure 1 and figure 4, only P1
instead of P1TX and P1RX has been shown to avoid complicacy in the drawing.
Similarly P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7 and P8 shown actually consist of transmit and
receive ports viz. P2TX, P2RX, P3TX, P3RX etc. It is very important to
remember that, in general, the odd numbered ports i.e. P1, P3, P5 and P7 are for
east side and the even numbered ports i.e. P2, P4, P6 and P8 are for west side.

Two 2-Pin
Pin potential free contacts EF (East Fail) and WF (West Fail) are provided
on the connector module for integration with NMS for indication of link breaks.

Table 1: Switch Settings and Port details

Modes Ports Switch Settings

P1: To Normal E1 of STM1
Normal ‘ET’ with East P3: To Protected E1 of STM1
side activated P5: To Protected E1 of STM1
‘SW2’ position - JN;
P7: To Mux
SW4(2) = ON;
P1: To Normal E1 of STM1
SW4(3) = OFF;
‘ET’ in Junction with P3: To Protected E1 of STM1
East side activated P5: To Protected E1 of STM4
P7: To Mux
P2: To Normal E1 of STM1
Normal ‘ET’ with P4: To Protected E1 of STM1
West side activated P6: To Protected E1 of STM1
‘SW2’ position - JN;
P8: To Mux
SW4(2) = ON;
P2: To Normal E1 of STM1
SW4(3) = ON;
‘ET’ in Junction with P4: To Protected E1 of STM1
West side activated P6: To Protected E1 of STM4
P8: To Mux
P1: To Normal E1 of STM1
P3: To Protected E1 of STM1
‘SW2’ position - DI;
P7: To Mux
Normal ‘DI’ SW4(2) = OFF;
P2: To Normal E1 of STM1
SW4(3) = OFF;
P4: To Protected E1 of STM1
P8: To Mux
P1: To Normal E1 of STM1
P3: To Protected E1 of STM1
‘DI’ in Junction P5: To Protected E1 of STM4
‘SW2’ position - JN;
P7: To Mux
SW4(2) = OFF;
(used in conjunction P2: To Normal E1 of STM1
SW4(3) = OFF;
with STM1 & STM4) P4: To Protected E1 of STM1
P6: To Protected E1 of STM4
P8: To Mux
‘SW2’: 4-rocker DIP switch; ‘SW4’: 8-rocker
rocker DIP switch; SW4(2) refers to position 2 of ‘SW4’

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Type Settings

SW4(1) (i.e. position 1 of SW4) determines the type of the module. SW4(1) =
‘OFF’ sets it as Type-A and SW4(1) = ‘ON’ as Type-B.
B. It is imperative that two
adjacent stations should be of alternate types.

Alarms and Indications

Port P1 and Port P2 in the connector module are two primary 2Mbps link between
two stations. It should be mentioned that Port P1 corresponds to East side and
Port P2 corresponds to West side. Two LED’s for alarm indications “East
“ Fail”
& “West Fail”” are there on the front facia. The different alarms and fault
conditions are given below:

Alarm Fault Condition

East Fail - blinking Only Tx port of East Side fails
East Fail - steady Only Rx port or both Tx & Rx ports of East side fail
West Fail - blinking Only Tx port of West Side fails
West Fail - steady Only Rx port or both Tx & Rx ports of West side fail

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