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PodSnacks: Generic Framing Procedure (GFP)

Time for that fifth and final installment in our series on Next Generation SONET (NG-SONET). In the next few days we'll begin a series on T-carrier systems. It will be a bit on the technical side, so hang on to your pocket protectors and remember Read More...

PodSnacks: Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS)

A new day, a new week, and the fourth installment of a five-part series on Next Generation SONET (NG-SONET). Today's episode pickup on our discussion with a look at the Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS). Although LCAS is not necessary for NG-SONET Read More...

PodSnacks: Virtual Concatenation (VCAT)

This PodSnack continues the Next Generation SONET (NG-SONET) theme I started, and this one deals specifically with one of the three enhancements NG-SONET brings to the table: Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) . VCAT is an inverse multiplexing technique. You Read More...

PodSnacks: Next Generation SONET (NG-SONET)

A couple of days ago, I chose to talk about Ethernet over SONET (EoS). At the end, I mentioned that Next Generation SONET (NG-SONET) is a critical enabling technology for EoS. Today we're going to look at NG-SONET and identify the three basic enhancements Read More...

PodSnacks: Ethernet over SONET (EoS)

I'm on the road with Trevor this week, and Ethernet is going to be a major focus for this customer. So, today I've chosen to talk about Ethernet over SONET (EoS). EoS is an important enabling technology, making it possible for the carriers and Read More...

tHAWT Episode #104: Bovine Tags

In this week's episode, Paul , Michel , and I discussing a range of topics. The bovine theme was enhanced due to a recording a well-respected instructor once did for us. He discussed SONET in terms of cows and trucks , a discussion we resurrected Read More...

PodSnacks: Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)

At the core of virtually every carrier and MSO's data and voice network sits a technology we have been using since 1984. By some estimates, over 99% of all of the voice and data traffic that touches a carrier or MSO network crosses a SONET facility Read More...

PodSnacks: Four-Fiber Bidirectional Line Switched Ring

Today we conclude our examination of SONET ring types. In the past two days we looked at unidirectional path switched rings (UPSR) and two-fiber bidirectional line switched rings (2F-BLSR). Today we look at the larger four-fiber bidirectional line switched Read More...

PodSnacks: Two-Fiber Bidirectional Line Switched Rings

Now isn't THAT a mouthful? Today we continue in our examination of SONET ring types. Yesterday we looked at the unidirectional path switched ring (UPSR). Today we'll take a quick look at the two-fiber bidirectional line switched ring (2F-BLSR). Read More...

PodSnacks: Unidirectional Path Switched Ring

We've talked before about SONET . If you caught those sessions, you know that SONET protects circuits using a ring architecture. What you may not know is that there are actually three kinds of SONET circuits. Over the next three days, we're going Read More...

PodSnacks: Multimode vs. Single-mode Fiber

Today's words aren't so much related specifically to SONET as they are related to optical fiber in general. Today we look at two classes of fiber known as multimode fiber (MMF) and single-mode fiber (SMF). These two types of fiber tend to be found Read More...

PodSnacks: Virtual Tributary

As promised, our word today is associated with SONET . Yesterday we looked at Optical Carrier (OC) and Synchronous Transport Signal (STS). Today we're going to look at Virtual Tributaries (VT). A VT is a structure designed to carry sub-rate payloads Read More...

PodSnacks: Optical Carrier vs. Synchronous Transport Signal

Today (and tomorrow) we're going to look at a few words associated with SONET . Today we focus on the terms Optical Carrier (OC) and Synchronous Transport Signal (STS). These terms are often used interchangeably, but they have a specific meaning. Read More...

PodSnacks: Generic Framing Procedure

Time for that fifth and final installment in our series on Next Generation SONET (NG-SONET). Tomorrow we'll begin a series on T-carrier systems, because I promised it to some of my students. It will be a bit on the technical side, so hang on to your Read More...

PodSnacks: Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme

A new day, a new week, and the fourth installment of a five-part series on Next Generation SONET (NG-SONET). Orals are over and I'm ready to pick up the thread of our discussion last week with a look at the Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS). Read More...
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