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SONET(Synchronous Optical NETwork) A fiber-optic transmission system for high-speed digital traffic. Employed by telephone companies and common carriers, speeds range from 51 Mbps to 40 Gbps.
SONET CIRCUITS
Optical Electrical
Channel Channel Speed (Mbps)
VT-1.5 1.7
OC-1 STS-1 51.84 (28 DS1s or 1 DS3)
OC-3 STS-3 155.52 (3 STS-1s)
OC-3c STS-3c 155.52 (concatenated)
OC-12 STS-12 622.08 (12 STS-1, 4 STS-3)
OC-12c STS-12c 622.08 (12 STS-1, 4 STS-3c)
OC-48 STS-48 2488.32 (48 STS-1, 16 STS-3)
OC-192 STS-192 9953.28 (192 STS-1, 64 STS-3)
OC-768 STS-768 39813,12 (768 STS-1, 256 STS-3)
OC = Optical Carrier
STS = Synchronous Transport Signal
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They wish the SONET pipes that power their networks to be as full as possible. The ARROW-2xGE supports two Gigabit Ethernet channels and independently maps each of them into a STS-48/STM-16 channelized payload, using the new Virtual Concatenation (VC) and Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) standards to ensure efficient use of the SONET channel bandwidth. com/reports/c50658) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report: North American Wholesale SONET Services Market to their offering |
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