EXFO Power Blazer 88000 Series, User Manual

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Test Functions
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88000 Series
OH - SONET/SDH
Transport OH - Section/RS
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A1 and A2 : Framing. The value should be hexadecimal F6 for A1 and
28
for A2. They must appear in every STS-1/STM-1 frame of a
composite signal.
SONET: Provide frame alignment of each STS-1 frame within a
composite signal (STS-1 to STS-n).
SDH: Indicate the beginning of the STM-N frame.
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J0/Z0
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J0
: The J0 (Trace) byte is used to trace the origin of an STS-1/STM-1
frame as it travels across the SONET/SDH network. This byte is only
defined for the first STS-1/STM-1 frame of a composite signal.
Available when the Trace format is set to 1 Byte (refer to
Traces
(SONET/SDH)
on page 336).
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Z0 : Growth.
SONET: The Z0 byte was used to uniquely identify the STS in
question. This byte has to be defined in every STS-1 to STS-n frame
of a composite signal. This byte is only defined for the STS-1 #2 to
STS-1 #N of a OC-N signal.
SDH: These bytes are reserved for future international
standardization. They are located at positions S[1,6N+2] to S[1,7N]
of an STM-N signal (N > 1).
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B1 : BIP-8 (Bit-Interleaved Parity) byte provides section error
monitoring. This byte is only defined for the first STS-1/STM-1 frame of a
composite signal. The byte is calculated by performing a routine
even-parity check over all bits of the previous STS-N/STM-N frame of a
composite signal.
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E1
: Orderwire. Provides a 64 Kbit/s voice channel for communication
between two STEs (Section Terminating Equipment). This byte is only
defined for the first STS-1/STM-1 frame of a composite signal.