INTRODUCTION
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1 INTRODUCTION
1. 1 About the ATM CBR DSU Family
The ATM CBR DSU products are also known as Circuit Emulation (ATMCE DSUs), but the
term CBR is retained in this manual to correspond with the product menus.
ATM CBR DSUs are used to connect equipment which operates at constant bit rates (CBR),
such as PABXs and Video Codecs, across ATM networks. The DSUs are used in pairs, one
at either side of a Wide Area Network (WAN) link.
Since ATM is a bandwidth independent transmission mechanism, the circuit information is
segmented into ATM cells, passed across the network and then reassembled into the
original bit pattern. The ATM CBR DSU uses AAL1 Segmentation and Re-assembly for
conversion of the CBR stream into a stream of ATM cells, and vice versa.
Note that the ATM WAN links can operate with different interfaces to the CBR source,
providing that sufficient bandwidth is available on the ATM (or WAN) side to service the CBR
stream when the ATM overhead is taken into account. This means that the ATM side of the
DSU must present a higher bandwidth than the CBR side.
Figure 1.1 Bandwidth for CBR to ATM conversion
The table above simply illustrates the raw bandwidth required to convert CBR traffic into
ATM traffic. Note that the payload in each ATM cell is 47 bytes because 1 byte is used for
AAL1 segmentation/re-assembly.
Also, the effect of any ATM framing will increase the required bandwidth on the ATM side by
a further 1.3% for E3 UNI ports and 2% for DS3 UNI ports.
The ATM CBR DSU presents two types of interface:
A CBR interface providing a choice of E1, E2, E3 or DS3 lines connects to the CBR (constant
bit rate) equipment. The DSU front panel indicates this as the LINE port.
A User Network Interface (UNI) connects to the ATM WAN network providing a choice of E3,
DS3, TAXI and SDH/SONET interfaces. The ATM CBR DSU front panel indicates this as the
ATM UNI port.
CBR Link
Type
CBR Speed
Mbits/sec
ATM Cells/sec
Generated
Raw WAN ATM Bandwidth
required Mbits/sec
E1
2
⋅
048
5447
2.309
E2
8
⋅
448
22469
9.526
E3
34
⋅
368
91404
38.755
DS3
44.736
118978
50.446
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