Virtual concatenation of PDH signals

Details Virtual concatenation of PDH signals Virtual concatenation of PDH signals

2006-03-03

2011-12-20

Shah, Chirag G (Department: 2477)

Multiplex communications

Communication techniques for information carried in plural...

Combining or distributing information via time channels

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ABSTRACT:
Asynchronous/plesiochronous digital hierarchy (PDH) signals, such as DS1 and E1, are transported using virtual concatenation. The packetized data signals are frame encapsulated and subsequently inverse multiplexed into a plurality of PDH frames. An overhead packet is inserted in the transmitted frames to enable the receiver to determine the status of the frames and extract the differential delay experienced by various frames as they are routed through virtually concatenated channels. The extracted delays enables the receiver to realign the various frames of the PDH signal to reconstitute the originally transmitted signals that travel through different paths of the transport network linking the source and sink of the virtually concatenated channel.

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