Cross-connecting module

• US 5,537,405 A
• Filed: 11/10/1994
• Issued: 07/16/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yoshifuji, Yuuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Olms, Douglas W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TON, DANG T
• Application Number:
  US08/339,197
• Time in Patent Office: 614 Days
• Field of Search: 370/60.1, 370/60, 370/94.1, 370/94.2, 370/50, 370/53, 370/112, 370/100.1, 370/105.1, 370/99, 370/108, 370/102, 370/110.1, 375/354, 375/355, 375/363, 375/364, 375/365, 375/366
• US Class Current: 370/536
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2203/0007 Space switch details
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2203/0041 Star, e.g. cross-connect, concentrator, subscriber group equipment, remote electronics
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2203/0051 Network Node Interface, e.g. tandem connections, transit switching
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2203/0089 Multiplexing, e.g. coding, scrambling, SONET
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/0623 Synchronous multiplexing systems, e.g. synchronous digital hierarchy/synchronous optical network (SDH/SONET), synchronisation with a pointer process
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/1611 Synchronous digital hierarchy [SDH] or SONET H04J3/1664 takes precedence for interactions with OTN
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0478 Provisions for broadband connections

Abstract

A cross-connecting module includes a demultiplexing unit, a first replacing unit, a cross-connecting unit, a second replacing unit, and a multiplexing unit. The demultiplexing unit sequentially byte-interleave-demultiplexes multiplexed transmission data into a plurality of demultiplexed data. The first replacing unit replaces pointer information indicating a leading address of a data storage area of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data, which are byte-interleave-demultiplexed by the demultiplexing means, with pointer information indicating a leading address of a data storage area of the first demultiplexed data. The cross-connecting unit cross-connects the first demultiplexed data from the demultiplexing unit with the second and subsequent demultiplexed data from the first replacing unit. The second replacing unit replaces the pointer information of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data from the cross-connecting unit with a preset specific value. The multiplexing unit byte-interleave-multiplexes the first demultiplexed data from the cross-connecting unit with the second and subsequent demultiplexed data from the second replacing unit.

Claims

1. A cross-connecting module comprising:

demultiplexing means for sequentially byte-interleave-demultiplexing multiplexed transmission data into a plurality of demultiplexed data;

first replacing means for replacing pointer information indicating a leading address of a data storage area of each of second and subsequent demultiplexed data, which are byte-interleave-demultiplexed by said demultiplexing means, with pointer information indicating a leading address of a data storage area of first demultiplexed data;

cross-connecting means for cross-connecting the first demultiplexed data from said demultiplexing means with the second and subsequent demultiplexed data from said first replacing means;

second replacing means for replacing the pointer information of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data from said cross-connecting means with a preset specific value; and

multiplexing means for byte-interleave-multiplexing the first demultiplexed data from said cross-connecting means with the second and subsequent demultiplexed data from said second replacing means.

2. A module according to claim 1, further comprising:

first synchronizing means for detecting start bit information of the transmission data to output a frame timing signal, and

wherein said first replacing means finds the position of the pointer information of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data on the basis of the frame timing signal from said first synchronizing means, and replaces the pointer information of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data with the pointer information of the first demultiplexed data.

3. A module according to claim 2, further comprising:

a plurality of memories which temporarily store the demultiplexed data from said demultiplexing means and from which the demultiplexed data are simultaneously read out, and

wherein said first replacing means is constituted by a two-input selector for receiving the first demultiplexed data and the second and subsequent demultiplexed data from said memories, said two-input selector selectively outputting the pointer information of the first demultiplexed data, instead of the pointer information of the second demultiplexed data, at the position of the pointer information of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data on the basis of the frame timing signal from said synchronizing means.

4. A module according to claim 2, wherein said demultiplexing means performs byte interleave demultiplex by which data is demultiplexed into 8-bit data on the basis of the frame timing signal from said synchronizing means.

5. A module according to claim 1, further comprising:

storage means for storing a preset specific value; and

a plurality of second synchronizing means for detecting start bit information of the demultiplexed data from said cross-connecting means to independently output frame timing signals, and

wherein said second replacing means finds the position of the pointer information of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data on the basis of a delayed signal obtained by delaying the frame timing signal from one of said second synchronizing means, which corresponds to the first demultiplexed data, and replaces the pointer information of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data with the preset specific value stored in said storage means.

6. A module according to claim 5, further comprising:

a plurality of memory means for independently storing the demultiplexed data from said second synchronizing means; and

read control means for simultaneously reading out the demultiplexed data from said memory means at a timing delayed a predetermined time from the frame timing signal from one of second synchronizing means, which corresponds to the first demultiplexed data, and outputting the delayed signal to said second replacing means, and

wherein said multiplexing means byte-interleave-multiplexes the first demultiplexed data from said memory means with the second and subsequent demultiplexed data from said second replacing means.

7. A module according to claim 6, wherein said second replacing means is constituted by a two-input selector which receives the second and subsequent demultiplexed data from said memory means and the output from said storage means, replaces the pointer information of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data with the preset specific value stored in said storage means at the position of the pointer information of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data on the basis of the delayed signal from said read control means.

8. A cross-connecting module comprising:

demultiplexing means for sequentially byte-interleave-demultiplexing an STS (Synchronous Transport Signal) 3 signal, which is formed by multiplexing three STS1 signals, into three STS1 signals;

first replacing means for replacing bytes H1 and H2 as pointer information indicating a leading address of a data storage area of each of second and third STS1 signals, which are byte-interleave-demultiplexed by said demultiplexing means, with bytes H1 and H2 as pointer information indicating a leading address of a data storage area of a first STS1 signal;

cross-connecting means for cross-connecting the first STS1 signal from said demultiplexing means with the second and third STS1 signals from said first replacing means;

second replacing means for replacing the bytes H1 and H2 as the pointer information of each of the second and third STS1 signals from said cross-connecting means with two preset specific values; and

multiplexing means for byte-interleave-multiplexing the first STS1 signal from said cross-connecting means with the second and third STS1 signals from said second replacing means.

9. A module according to claim 8, further comprising:

first synchronizing means for detecting start bit information of the transmission data to output a frame timing signal, and

wherein said first replacing means finds the positions of bytes H1 and H2 of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data on the basis of the frame timing signal from said first synchronizing means, and replaces the bytes H1 and H2 of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data with the bytes H1 and H2 of first demultiplexed data.

10. A module according to claim 8, further comprising:

storage means for storing two preset specific values; and

a plurality of synchronizing means for detecting start bit information of the demultiplexed data from said cross-connecting means to independently output frame timing signals, and

wherein said second replacing means finds the positions of the bytes H1 and H2 of each of second and subsequent demultiplexed data on the basis of a delayed signal obtained by delaying the frame timing signal from one of said synchronizing means, which corresponds to first demultiplexed data, and replaces the bytes H1 and H2 of each of the second and subsequent demultiplexed data with the two preset specific values stored in said storage means.