XRT75L03D Datasheet, PDF (100/134 Pages) Exar Corporation – THREE CHANNEL E3/DS3/STS-1 LINE INTERFACE UNIT WITH SONET DESYNCHRONIZER

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REV. 1.0.0 THREE CHANNEL E3/DS3/STS-1 LINE INTERFACE UNIT WITH SONET DESYNCHRONIZER
FIGURE 34. THE BYTE-FORMAT OF THE TOH WITHIN AN STS-1 FRAME
9 Rows
3 Byte Columns
87 Byte Columns
AA11
BB11
DD11
HH11
BB22
DD44
DD77
DD1100
SS11
AA22
EE11
DD22
HH22
KK11
DD55
DD88
DD1111
MM00
CC11
FF11
DD33
HH33
KK22
DD66
DD99
DD1122
EE22
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BByytteess
The TOH Bytes
Although the role of the H1, H2 and H3 bytes will be discussed in much greater detail in “Section 9.3, Jitter/
Wander due to Pointer Adjustments” on page 102. For now, we will simply state that the role of these bytes is
two-fold.
• To permit a given PTE (Path Terminating Equipment) that is receiving an STS-1 data to be able to locate the
STS-1 SPE (Synchronous Payload Envelope) within the Envelope Capacity of this incoming STS-1 data
stream and,
• To inform a given PTE whenever Pointer Adjustment and NDF (New Data Flag) events occur within the
incoming STS-1 data-stream.
9.2.1.1.2
The Envelope Capacity Bytes within an STS-1 Frame
In general, the Envelope Capacity Bytes are any bytes (within an STS-1 frame) that exist outside of the TOH
bytes. In short, the Envelope Capacity contains the STS-1 SPE (Synchronous Payload Envelope). In fact,
every single byte that exists within the Envelope Capacity also exists within the STS-1 SPE. The only
difference that exists between the "Envelope Capacity" as defined in Figure 33 and Figure 34 above and the
STS-1 SPE is that the Envelope Capacity is aligned with the STS-1 framing boundaries and the TOH bytes;
whereas the STS-1 SPE is NOT aligned with the STS-1 framing boundaries, nor the TOH bytes.
The STS-1 SPE is an "87 byte column x 9 row" data-structure (which is the exact same size as is the Envelope
Capacity) that is permitted to "float" within the "Envelope Capacity". As a consequence, the STS-1 SPE (within
an STS-1 data-stream) will typically straddle across an STS-1 frame boundary.
9.2.1.1.3
The Byte Structure of the STS-1 SPE
As mentioned above, the STS-1 SPE is an 87 byte column x 9 row structure. The very first column within the
STS-1 SPE consists of some overhead bytes which are known as the "Path Overhead" (or POH) bytes. The
remaining portions of the STS-1 SPE is available for "user" data. The Byte Structure of the STS-1 SPE is
presented below in Figure 35.
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