SONET. Synchronous Optical Network is a family of optical transmission rates and interface standards allowing internetworking of products from different vendors. Base optical rate is 51.840 Mb/s. Higher rates are direct multiples. SONET TRANSPORT: Services associated with carrying OC-1 or higher level signals. SYNCHRONOUS TRANSPORT SIGNAL LEVEL 1 (STS-1): The basic logical building block electrical signal with a rate of 51.840 Mb/s. Qwest Communications 12 Confidential and Proprietary Verio Initials:__________ 29 SYNCHRONOUS TRANSPORT SIGNAL LEVEL N (STS-N): This electrical signal is obtained by byte interleaving N STS-1 signals together, The rate of the STS-N is N times 51.840 Mb/s. TERMINATING MULTIPLEX (TM): Provides the multiplex functions for multiplexing and demultiplexing between the DS1 or higher signal level and the SONET OC-N level.
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