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Selecting Test Features - SONET Operation
Adding Pointer Adjustments
Adding Pointer Adjustments
Introduction
Pointers perform a critical role in the error free transmission of payload data
(subscriber data) through a SONET network. They also enable individual payload
channels to be inserted or extracted from a high speed OC-n line signal (for example
the functionality provided by ADMs).
Pointer adjustments are often necessary to compensate for asynchronous operation
between different nodes within an SONET network.These adjustments however can
result in jitter being added to a DSn signal output from an SONET network element.
Jitter Caused by Pointer Adjustments
Pointer adjustments are the mechanisms within SONET used to compensate for
frequency and phase differences between STS-n SPE channels and the outgoing
SONET frames. These pointer adjustments are byte wide and since they can occur
randomly, they may cause significant amounts of payload signal jitter. It is therefore
necessary to control the jitter on payload signals that is due to pointer adjustments.
Pointer adjustment activity within a network can be randomly spaced individual
pointer adjustments, pointer bursts or periodic pointer adjustments.
The Bellcore GR-253 and ANSI T1.105 standards define a set of pointer sequences
to be used when evaluating an NE’s pointer adjustment jitter performance.
The OmniBER 720 generates a set of test sequences which can be used to simulate
network pointer adjustment activity.
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