Networks: SONET 2
Telephone Networks {Brief History}
• Digital carrier systems– The hierarchy of digital signals that the telephone
network uses.– Trunks and access links organized in DS (digital
signal) hierarchy– Problem: rates are not multiples of each other.
• In the 1980’s Bellcore developed the Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) standard.
• Previous efforts include: ISDN and BISDN.
Networks: SONET 3
North American Digital Hierarchy
PrimaryMultiplexEg. DigitalSwitch30 chan PCM
4th orderMultiplex
x4
2nd orderMultiplex
x4
3rd orderMultiplex
x4
34.368 Mbps2.048 Mbps 8.448 Mbps139.264 Mbps
CEPT 1CEPT 4
European Digital Hierarchy
28
M13Multiplex
M23Multiplex
x7
PrimaryMultiplexEg. DigitalSwitch24 chan PCM
M12Multiplex
x4
1
DS3 44.736 Mbps
DS1 1.544 Mbps DS2 6.312 Mbps DS3 44.736 Mbps
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Networks: SONET 5
SONETSONET:: encodes bit streams into optical signals propagated
over optical fiber. SONET defines a technology for carrying many signals of different capacities through a synchronous,flexible, optical hierarchy.
• A bit-way implementation providing end-to-end transport of bit streams.
• All clocks in the network are locked to a common master clock so that simple TDM can be used.
• Multiplexing done by byte interleaving.• SONET is backward compatible to DS-1 and E-1 and forward
compatible to ATM cells.• Demultiplexing is easy.
Networks: SONET 6
SONET
• Transmission links of the telephone network have been changing to SONET where rates are arranged in STS (Synchronous Transfer Signal) hierarchy.
• The hierarchy is called SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) defined by CCITT.
• It is an ITU standard.
Networks: SONET 8
Low-SpeedMappingFunction
MediumSpeed
MappingFunction
High-Speed
MappingFunction
DS3
44.736
DS1DS2
CEPT-1
CEPT-4
139.264
ATM150 Mbps
STS-1
STS-1
STS-1STS-1STS-1
STS-1STS-1STS-1
STS-3c
STS-3c
OC-n
Scrambler E/O
51.84 Mbps
High-Speed
MappingFunction
MuxSTS-n
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SONET Architecture
• SONET topology can be a mesh, but most often it is a dual ring.
• Standard component of SONET ring is an ADM (Add/Drop Multiplexer)– Drop one incoming multiplexed stream and
replace it with another stream.– Used to make up bi-directional line switching
rings.
Networks: SONET 11
a
b
c
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a
b
c
d
(a) Dual ring (b) Loop-around in response to fault
Figure 4.12
ADM
ADM
ADM
ADM
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MUX DEMUX MUX DEMUX
MUX DEMUX
(a) pre-SONET multiplexing
removetributary
inserttributary
ADM
removetributary
inserttributary
(b) SONET Add-Drop multiplexing
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Networks: SONET 14
a
b
c
3 ADMs
physical loop net
OC-3nOC-3n
OC-3n
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Networks: SONET 15
Inter-OfficeRings
MetroRing
RegionalRing
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Networks: SONET 16
STE: Section Terminating Equipment, e.g. a repeaterLTE: Line Terminating Equipment, e.g. a STS-1 to STS-3 multiplexerPTE: Path Terminating Equipment, e.g. an STS-1 multiplexer
optical
section
optical
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optical
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sectionline
optical
sectionlinepath
optical
sectionlinepath
(a)
(b)
STSPTE
LTESTE
STS-1 Path
STS LineSection Section
Mux Muxreg reg regSONETTerminal
STE STELTE
STSPTE
SONETTerminal
Figure 4.14
SONET Architecture
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Mux = BIM (Byte Interleaved Multiplexer)
Reg = Regenerator
• Boosts power of optical signal• Optical signal converted to electrical signal.• Amplify electrical signal.• Amplified electrical signal converted back to optical signal.
Networks: SONET 21
B BB 87B
InformationPayload 9 Rows
125 µsTransportoverhead
90 bytes
SectionOverhead 3 rows
6 rowsLineOverhead
Figure 4.15
SONET frame
SPE Synchronous Payload Envelope
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Networks: SONET 22
Pointer87 columns
9rows
first column is path overhead
SynchronousPayload
Envelope
framek
framek+1
Pointer
first octet
last octet
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SPE straddling SONET frame
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Networks: SONET 24
STS-1 STS-1
STS-1 STS-1
STS-1 STS-1
Map
Map
Map
STS-1 STS-1
STS-1 STS-1
STS-1 STS-1B
yteInterleave
STS-3
IncomingSTS-1 Frames
Synchronized NewSTS-1 Frames
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Synchronous Multiplexing in SONET