E1 and T1 Synopsis
E1 and T1 Synopsis
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E1 Interface
E1 is the European version of T1 Specified by CCITT Recommendations G.734 Physical Layer Interface Synchronous Transmission Consists of frames each 125 microseconds long Each frame consists of 32 time slots numbered 0 - 31 Time slot 0 is used for frame synchronization Time slot 16 used for message-oriented signaling Remaining 30 channels for user data Data Rate 2.048 Mb/s
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E1 Frame
Slot 0 Framing
Slot 1 Bearer Ch
ooo
Slot 15 Bearer Ch
125 us
Slot 16
Signaling Ch
Slot 17 Bearer Ch
ooo
Slot 31 Bearer Ch
E1 Superframe
Frame 1 Frame 2 ooo Frame N
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Framing in E1
Bit 1 1
Slot 1 in frames 1, 3, 5, . . .
o o o
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Frame Synchronization in E1
Bit 7 Frame 6 x 0 0 1 1 0 0
Bit 0 1
Frame 7
Frame 8
Frame synchronization is achieved only if frames, say, 6 and 8 have the SYNC pattern 0011011 in bit positions 6 - 0 and bit 7 of frame 7 is 1.
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T1 Frame
Framing Bit - bit 0 Framing Bit - bit 193
Slot 1 Bearer Ch
Slot 2 Bearer Ch
ooo
Slot 24 Bearer Ch
Slot 1 Bearer Ch
Slot 2 Bearer Ch
Frame 2
ooo
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T1 Superframe/Extended Superframe
T1 Superframe (SF), also known as D4 Format
Frame 1 Frame 2 ooo Frame 12
T1 ESF
Frame 1 Frame 2 ooo Frame 24
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Framing Bits in D4 or SF
Framing bit
Frame Number
Ft 1 0 1 0 1 0 -
Fs 0 0 1 1 1 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
FDL bit m m
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Frame #6
MSB LSB
Repl ac ed by A bit
Frame # 12
MSB LSB
Repl ac ed by B bit
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