Transparent multiplexer/demultiplexer
DCFirst Claim
1. A transparent multiplexer/demultiplexer (T-Mux) for transparently transporting a plurality (K) of trib signals between a first and a second site over a high rate span, each trib signal travelling on a corresponding trib network, comprising:
- a multi-channel receiver for receiving a plurality of forward trib signals and delineating each said forward trib input signal into a forward trib data signal and a forward trib operation, administration, maintenance and provisioning (OAM&
P) signal;
means for multiplexing all said forward trib data signals into a forward supercarrier data signal;
means for processing all said forward trib OAM&
P signals and generating a forward supercarrier OAM&
P signal; and
a supercarrier transmitter for mapping said forward supercarrier data signal and said forward supercarrier OAM&
P signal into a forward supercarrier signal and transmitting same over said high rate span, where K is an integer selected according to the rate of each said tributary signal and the rate of said supercarrier signal.
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Abstract
A configuration for a SONET transport node comprises a pair of transparent mux/demuxs provided at two sites and connected over a high rate span. The T-Muxs provide continuity of all tribs and maintain a lower bit rate linear or ring system through the higher bit rate span. The lower bit rate linear or ring system operates as if it were directly connected without the higher bit rate midsection. For the forward direction of the traffic, the T-Mux comprises a multi-channel receiver for receiving the trib signals and providing for each trib signal a trib SPE and a trib OH. The trib SPEs are multiplexed into a supercarrier SPE and the trib OHs signals are processed to generate a supercarrier OH. A supercarrier transmitter maps the supercarrier SPE and the supercarrier OH into a supercarrier signal and transmits same over the high rate span. Reverse operations are effected for the reverse direction of traffic. With this invention, an entire ring system does not have to be upgraded to a higher line rate due to fiber exhaust on a single span. The invention is particularly applicable to OC-48/OC-12/OC-3 linear and ring networks and the high rate span could be an OC-192 line.
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1. A transparent multiplexer/demultiplexer (T-Mux) for transparently transporting a plurality (K) of trib signals between a first and a second site over a high rate span, each trib signal travelling on a corresponding trib network, comprising:
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a multi-channel receiver for receiving a plurality of forward trib signals and delineating each said forward trib input signal into a forward trib data signal and a forward trib operation, administration, maintenance and provisioning (OAM&
P) signal;means for multiplexing all said forward trib data signals into a forward supercarrier data signal; means for processing all said forward trib OAM&
P signals and generating a forward supercarrier OAM&
P signal; anda supercarrier transmitter for mapping said forward supercarrier data signal and said forward supercarrier OAM&
P signal into a forward supercarrier signal and transmitting same over said high rate span, where K is an integer selected according to the rate of each said tributary signal and the rate of said supercarrier signal. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A transparent multiplexer/demultiplexer (T-Mux) comprising:
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a plurality (K) of trib ports, a trib port for receiving a trib SONET OC-N signal from a corresponding trib network and separating same into N trib synchronous payload envelopes (SPE) and N trib overheads (OH), interleaved in a standardized order; a supercarrier port for generating a supercarrier SONET OC-(N×
K) signal comprising a supercarrier SPE and a supercarrier OH;a payload manager for multiplexing all said trib SPEs into said supercarrier SPE and providing same to said supercarrier port; a supercarrier transmit OH processor for generating the bytes of said supercarrier OH and for providing same to said supercarrier port; and a trib receive OH processor for distinctly manipulating the bytes of each said trib OH and providing same to said supercarrier transmit OH processor, where K is an integer selected according to the rate of each said tributary signal and the rate of said supercarrier signal and N is the rate of any trib signal as defined by SONET/SDH standards. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A transparent multiplexer/demultiplexer (T-Mux) comprising:
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a supercarrier port for receiving a supercarrier SONET OC-(N×
K) signal and separating same into a supercarrier SPE and a supercarrier OH, wherein said supercarrier SPE comprises N×
K component STS-1 SPEs and said supercarrier OH comprises N×
K corresponding STS-1 OHs, interleaved in a predetermined order;a plurality (K) of trib ports, a trib port for receiving a trib SPE and a trib overhead (OH), generating therefrom a trib signal and transmitting same over a corresponding trib network; a payload manager for de-multiplexing said supercarrier SPE into said trib SPEs and providing each trib SPE to a corresponding said trib port; a trib transmit OH processor for generating the bytes of each said trib OH and providing same to a corresponding trib port; and a supercarrier receive OH processor for distinctly manipulating the bytes of said supercarrier OH and for providing same to said trib transmit OH processor, where K is an integer selected according to the rate of each said tributary signal and the rate of said supercarrier signal and N is the rate of any trib signal as defined by SONET/SDH standards. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. In a plurality (K) of trib systems for transporting trib signals of between a multitude of sites, all trib systems having in common a first and a second site, a method of carrying said trib signals between said first and second site with no change to the provisioning of any of said trib systems, comprising, at said first site, the steps of:
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providing a first site rib port for each said trib system, and connecting each said first site trib port to a corresponding trib system Tk over a forward trib span; at each said first site trib port, receiving a forward trib signal of a trib bit rate and multiplexing all said forward trib signals into a forward supercarrier signal of a supercarrier bit rate comprising OAM&
P information on each said forward trib signal and said forward supercarrier carrier signal;providing a first site supercarrier port and connecting said first site supercarrier port to said second site over a high rate span and transmitting said forward supercarrier signal from said first site supercarrier port to said second site, where K is an integer selected according to the rate of each said tributary signal. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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