3. T1 T2 T3
T4 T5 T6 T7
time Audio Signal
Sampler Output
time
T1 T2 T3
T4 T5 T6 T7
Pulse Amplitude
Modulated (PAM)
signal
Sampling
4. 0 0 0 0 X X X X +V
0 0 0 1 X X X X
0 0 1 0 X X X X
digital codes
1 1 1 1 X X X X
1 1 1 0 X X X X
1 1 0 1 X X X X
1 1 0 0 X X X X
1 0 1 1 X X X X
1 0 1 0 X X X X
1 0 0 1 X X X X
1 0 0 0 X X X X
112
96
80
64
48
-V
In accordance with
CCITT’s A-law
1/2V
1/4V
1/8V
1/16V
1/32V
1/64
V
Quantization
Level
32
Non-Linear Quantization and Encoding
5. 8
x = 64kbit/s
bits per
sample
8000
samples
per sec
PCM Signal Data Rate
10. PDH vs. SDH — Add & Drop Function
E 3
E 3
E 3
E 2
E 4 E 4
TM TM
4 / 3 4 / 3
E 2
TM TM
E 2
E 1
E 1
E 1
3 / 2 3 / 2
2 / 1 2 / 1
PDH SDH
STM-4 ADM STM-4
Six TMs needed
to drop E1
One ADM is
enough to drop E1.
TM TM
E 1 ( 2 . 0 4 8 k b i t / s )
11. Why SDH Why SDH
Simpler multiplexing
(low SDH level can be directly identified from higher SDH level)
Simple D&I of traffic channels
(direct access to lower level systems without synchronization)
Allows mixing of ANSI and ETSI PDH systems
SDH is open for new applications
(It can carry PDH, ATM, ETHERNET...)
SDH provides TMN (ECCs)
(for centralized network control)
12. Synchronous Network Structure
A B C
TM-1 ADM-1 TM-1
42 E1
A <=> C
21 E1
A <=> B
21 E1
A <=> B
21 E1
B <=> C
42 E1
A <=> C
21 E1
B <=> C
XC
13. 2Mbit/s STM-4/-16
34Mbit/s
ADM ADM ATM
Switch
34Mbit/s
140Mbit/s
STM-1
ADM : Add Drop Multiplexer
DXC : Digital Cross Connect
TM : Terminal Multiplexer
DSC: Digital Switching Center
LAN: Local Area Network
DWDM: Dense Wavelength Multiplexing
34Mbit/s
STM-1 / STS-3c Gateway to SONET
DXC
STM-1
LAN
ADM
STM-1, STM-4
2Mbit/s
8Mbit/s
140Mbit/s
DSC
Synchronous Network Structure
DDWWDDMM
14. STM-1 Frame Structure
AU Pointer Payload
RSOH: Regenerator section overhead
MSOH: Multiplex section overhead
Payload: Area for information transport
Transport capacity of one Byte: 64 kbit/s
Frame capacity: 270 x 9 x 8 x 8000 = 155.520 Mbit/s
Frame repetition time: 125 μs
1
3
4
5
9
270
270 Columns (Bytes)
1 9
transmit
row by row
RSOH
MSOH
(transport capacity)
2430 bytes/frame × 8 bit/byte × 8000 frame/s = 155.52 Mbit/s
transmitted from top to bottom and left to right
17. Embedded Overhead Bytes
J1
B3
C2
G1
F2
H4
F3
K3
N1
V5
J2
N2
K4
AU - PTR
VC-3/4 POH
VC-11/12/ 2 POH
STM-1 SOH
Media dependent bytes
X Reserved for national use
SOH: Section overhead
POH: Path overhead
The overheads (SOH, POH) are used for maintenance and
supervision of the SDH transmission network.
RSOH
P O H
Pointer
MSOH Payload
A1 A1 A1 A2 A2 A2 J0 X X
D 1 D2 D3
B2 B2 B2 K1 K2
D4 D5 D6
D7 D8 D9
D10 D11 D12
S1 M 1 E2 X X
B1 E1 F1 X X
H1 Y Y H2 1 1 H3 H3 H3
18. Functions of Regenerator Section Overhead
AU - Pointer
Parity check
Frame Alignment
(B1 calculated by regenerator and multiplexers)
Data communication channels
(D1...D3, F1 between regenerators)
Voice communication channels
(E1 between regenerators)
(A1, A2)
Section Trace
(J0 Identfication
of regenerator source)
A1 A1 A1 A2 A2 A2 J0
B1 E1 F1
D1 D2 D3
B2 B2 B2 K1 K2
D4 D5 D6
D7 D8 D9
D10 D11 D12
S1 M1 E2
19. Functions of Multiplexer Section Overhead
Parity check (B2)
Alarm information (K2)
Remote error indication (M1,K2)
A1 A1 A1 A2 A2 A2 J0
B1 E1 F1
D1 D2 D3
AU - Pointer
B2 B2 B2 K1 K2
D4 D5 D6
D7 D8 D9
D10 D11 D12
S1 M1 E2
Automatic protection switching
(K1, K2 Bytes)
Data communication channels
(D4 to D12 between multiplexers)
Clock source information (S1)
Voice communications channels
(E2 between multiplexers)
20. A1, A2 Frame synchronisation
B1, B2 Parity bytes for transmission error monitoring
J0 Regenerator section trace
D1... D3 Regenerator section DCC
D4.. D12 Multiplex section DCC
E1, E2 Orderwire for voice communication
F1 User channel for maintenance purposes (data, voice)
K1, K2 Automatic protection switching (APS)
S1 Synchronisation status message
M1 MS-REI (remote error idication)
J1 Higher order path trace
B3 Path parity byte for error monitoring
C2 Signal Label (composition of payload)
G1 Path status and performance
F2, F3 Path user channels
H4 Payload specific byte
K3 Automatic protection switching (APS)
N1 Network operator byte (Tandem Connection Monit.)
V5 Error check, path status, signal label
J2 Lower order path trace
N2 Network operator byte (Tandem Connection Monit.)
K4 Automatic protection switching (APS)
SOH
VC-3/4
POH
VC-1/2
POH
Overhead Byte Functionality
21. SDH Network Elements
TM
Terminal Multiplexer
STM-N
or
PDH
STM-M
• Terminates RSOH and MSOH.
• May terminate HOP and LOP overhead.
• Multiplexes/maps tributary signals.
• Includes timing and management functions.
22. SDH Network Elements
Add/drop Multiplexer
STM-M STM-M
ADM
STM-N or PDH
• Terminates RSOH and MSOH.
• May terminate HOP and LOP overhead.
• Includes connection function between the two aggregates.
• Multiplexes/maps tributary signals.
• Includes a connection function for allocation of TUs within the STM frame.
• Includes timing and management functions.
23. SDH Network Elements
Cross-connect
STM-M DXC STM-M
STM-N or PDH
• Terminates RSOH and MSOH.
• Includes connection function between the aggregates.
• Can have tributary ports, for which it may terminate HOP and LOP
overhead.
• Includes timing and management functions.
24. SDH Network Elements
Regenerator
STM-N STM-N
• Regenerates the optical signal.
• Terminates RSOH.
REG
Sampling is the periodical measurement of the value of the analogue signal.
A sampled signal contains all the information if the sampling frequency is at least twice the highest frequency of the signal to be sampled.
As the analogue signals in telephony are band-limited from 300 to 3400Hz, a sampling frequency of 8000Hz - every 125usec - is sufficient.
The amplitude of a typical telephone speech signal can vary enormously, both from one speaker to another and over the normal speaking range of a single individual. In fact, the range of variation can be as great as 50 - 60dB.
With a human voice the low level signals are more important than the high levels, so using quantization levels which are closer together at lower amplitudes and get wider as the amplitude increases is more efficient.
This is known as non-linear encoding and has two CCITT recommendations
A-law &gt;&gt; European &gt;&gt;E1 system
u-Law (mu-law) &gt;&gt; USA &gt;&gt; T1 system
8-bit/s used in non linear coding would require an equivalent 12-bit/s in linear coding.
Each telephone channel has a PCM signal which is the analogue signal sampled at 8kHz and then is non-linearly encoded with 8 bits giving 64kbit/s data rate.
As you saw earlier an encoded telephone speech signal is transmitted at rate of 64kbit/s (8 bits /sample; 8kHz sampling frequency).
However, long distance telephone trunks are designed to handle data at a much greater rate then this.
It therefore makes sense for a number of channels to share the same transmission link, using the technique of Time Division Multiplexing (TDM).
In the diagram a separate encoder and decoder is shown for a 4-channel multiplexed system.
The complete signal is divided into repeated sequences of four successive time slots.
When transmission begins, time slot 1 is used to transmit the 8 bit code for the first sample of channel 1; time slot 2 is then used to send the first sample of channel 2......
....after four slots have elapsed the process begins again, with time slot 1 containing the second sample of channel 1 and so on.
What are Plesiochronous Tributaries?
ITU-T define plesiochronous digital hierarchy tributaries with a certain permitted deviation of bitrate. Each multiplexer has its own clock source (oscillator), making the accuracy of the output frequency vary from system to system. Tolerance ranges have been standardized for the bit rate accuricy. These systems are described as &quot;free running&quot; and networks based on such systems are &quot;plesiochronous&quot;.
(&quot;plesio-&quot; comes from the Greek word for &quot;near&quot; since these systems are nearly synchronous.)
Another problem is that insertion of 2 Mbit/s channels into e.g. a 140Mbit/s local line requires a minimum investment of 4 systems (3 multiplex systems and 1 terminal equipment. Mechanical switching equipment is used for the most part. Although electronic routers have been developed for 64kbit/s and 2 Mbit/s channels. The development cost associated with plesiochronous technology are too high for the upper hierarchy levels.
To access a single channel (e.g.64 or 2048 kbit/s) of a multiplex signal it is necessary to go twice through the whole multiplex chain (redundacy of hardware).
These are only some advantages where we will go into more detail later on.
First let&apos;s have a look to the synchronous network structure.
Here we must consider the telecommunications network as a whole. In the area of the subscriber network nodes the users are connected to the exchanges (DSC) via the user network interface (UNI). Instead of this central switching points local cross connects (DXC) should be used. In a PDH network a fixed network is performed by point to point links. The channels are switched via these links. Signals from other networks use this transmission technology via flexible multiplexers up to 2 Mbit/s.
The growth in data traffic is much higher than in voice communication. The greatest demand lies in the area of high bit rate access from the subscriber area. Such transmission capacity should be available at a reasonable cost and on short notice. The Terminal multiplexer (TM) with diverse interfaces feed this traffic into the SDH network directly or via Add and Drop Multiplexers (ADM) which are configured in a ring network (Back Bone). This ring is formed by two fibre optical cables with variouse back-up switching possibilities. The Network Management (TMN) sets up the necessary connections.
Here we must consider the telecommunications network as a whole. In the area of the subscriber network nodes the users are connected to the exchanges (DSC) via the user network interface (UNI). Instead of this central switching points local cross connects (DXC) should be used. In a PDH network a fixed network is performed by point to point links. The channels are switched via these links. Signals from other networks use this transmission technology via flexible multiplexers up to 2 Mbit/s.
The growth in data traffic is much higher than in voice communication. The greatest demand lies in the area of high bit rate access from the subscriber area. Such transmission capacity should be available at a reasonable cost and on short notice. The Terminal multiplexer (TM) with diverse interfaces feed this traffic into the SDH network directly or via Add and Drop Multiplexers (ADM) which are configured in a ring network (Back Bone). This ring is formed by two fibre optical cables with variouse back-up switching possibilities. The Network Management (TMN) sets up the necessary connections.
The European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) did not accept the elements unneeded in Europe (AU-3, VC-3, C-2 and TU-11). 1.5 Mbit/s signals are transported in Europe within the VC-12.
A STM-1 signal has a byte-oriented structure with 9 rows and 270 columns. A distinction is made between three areas:
the payload area, which uses 261 columns
the pointer area
the section overhead, which is splittet up into two parts the Regenerator- and the Multiplex-Section Overhead.
Each byte corresponds to a 64kbit/s channel. The overall bit rate of the STM-1 frame corresponds to 155.520 Mbit/s. The frame repetition time is 125µs.
A STM-1 frame is built-up in the following way. A basic unit known as a container (C) is formed from plesiochronous signals. Stuffing is used to give the plesiocronous signals a fixed bit rate. The clock frequency of the signal is adapted using positive or positive - zero - negative (bit) stuffing. The container bit rate itself is formed through an addidional fixed stuffing process. The container is nominally synchronized to the STM-N frame.
Insertion of the path overhead (POH) produces a virtual container (VC). The transmission paths through the SDH network are formed by these VC’s which are the smallest transport units in SDH. This means that a VC has to be terminated at the end of a path at the SDH/PDH transition point.
The VC’s are coupled to the STM-1 frame by pointers (PTR) These pointers are used along with stuffing techniques (byte-stuffing) to compensate for unavoidable phase fluctations and other interferences which occurs in synchronous operating. The pointer and the VC forms the Administrative Unit (AU). Finally the Administrative Unit Group (AUG) or STM-1 is formed by adding the SOH.
A number of functions are defined in the overhead channels to ensure proper transport of the payload.
The Section Overhead (SOH)
The overall capacity of the SOH is 4.608 Mbit/s (9x8x64kbit/s), of which 30 bytes (1.920 Mbit/s) have fixed definitions. The remaining 64kbit/s channels are not specified. Six are reserved for national use. Although six bytes are reserved for medium dependent functions (e.g. radio link systems). The columns 1,4 and 7 corresponds also to the STS-1 frame.
Functions of the SOH:
Contains maintenance, monitoring and operational functions
Each byte refers to a 64kbit/s channel
Splitted into RSOH and MSOH
Protect the connection from point of STM-1 assembly to point of disassembly.
The Path Overhead (POH)
The POH of VC-4/VC-3 consists of 9 bytes and the POH of the VC-11/VC-12 and VC-2 consists of 4 bytes.
The RSOH is reformed (terminated) by each regenerator. Each regenerator section passes the MSOH transparently.
The MSOH is reformed (terminated) by each multiplexer and cross connect .