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Next Gen SONET/SDH: Legacy Transport Networks

SONET and SDH networks were originally designed for circuit-switched voice traffic but are inefficient for transmitting bursty data traffic. Next generation SONET employs technologies like virtual concatenation, generic framing procedure, and link capacity adjustment scheme to provide more flexibility. These new technologies create testing challenges around differential delays between signal paths. Anue's SONET network delay emulators can introduce delays to help test systems developing next generation SONET solutions.

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Next Gen SONET/SDH: Legacy Transport Networks

SONET and SDH networks were originally designed for circuit-switched voice traffic but are inefficient for transmitting bursty data traffic. Next generation SONET employs technologies like virtual concatenation, generic framing procedure, and link capacity adjustment scheme to provide more flexibility. These new technologies create testing challenges around differential delays between signal paths. Anue's SONET network delay emulators can introduce delays to help test systems developing next generation SONET solutions.

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Next Gen SONET/SDH


Legacy Transport Networks
SONET and its international equivalent, SDH have been the trusted PRODUCTS
technologies used in transport networks worldwide for many years.
SONET and SDH were developed to standardize optical network Ethernet
transmission at a time when the vast majority of communications Fiber Channel
traffic was circuit-switched-based voice content carried through TDM- SONET/SDH
based DS1/3 and E1/3 pipes. The stunning growth of the Internet, the
demand for WAN data communications and the increasing excitement
over Ethernet transport services in the MAN and WAN space have
dramatically changed the makeup of transport networks. Data traffic
has surpassed traditional voice traffic as the dominate content on
optical networks.

Legacy SONET/SDH uses STS-1 containers (51.84Mbps) to carry traffic. This is perfectly suitable for circuit-
switched voice traffic, but data traffic is asynchronous with bursty characteristics and and cannot be
efficiently transmitted over legacy SONET/SDH networks. For example, transmitting a GbE signal (1.25Gbps)
over traditional SONET/SDH networks requires an STS-48C (2.488Gbps) container. Fifty-percent of the
bandwidth is unused.

Competition from cable and satellite content providers and broadband internet have fundamentally
changed how network operators compete, eroding traditional voice revenue. Forward-thinking service
providers are actively looking for new revenue opportunities with triple-play solutions and Ethernet
services. However, traditional SONET/SDH is not well suited for Ethernet traffic.

Next Generation Transport Networks


Next Gen SONET delivers the required additional flexibility. Considering the global investment in
SONET/SDH and knowledge of and trust in the technology, a solution based on enhanced or next-
generation SONET/SDH resonates with service providers.

Next Gen SONET/SDH employs VC, LCAS and GFP technologies.

• Virtual Concatenation (VC or VCAT) is a method of creating a single SONET payload out of two or
more associated payloads that are transported through a network independently. VC can maximize
bandwidth utilization of SONET payloads by “right sizing” existing channels.
• GFP (Generic Framing Procedure) maps higher order protocols onto SONET. GFP provides rules for
payload-specific mapping on various network topologies.
• LCAS (Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme) allows for dynamic provisioning of bandwidth using VC.
With LCAS, the network does not need to be shut down and data is not lost during the re-
provisioning of bandwidth.

These new technologies create many new testing challenges. For example, the diverse routing process
inherent in VC creates differential delays—that is, time differences between the arrivals of different paths
at the receiving end of the network, as shown in the diagram. The ramifications of these delays can be
significant, especially on delay sensitive services such as video and storage.

Anue Path Delay Emulators can introduce varying delays in each path for a differential delay of up
to 320ms

Anue SONET/SDH Network Delay Emulators help organizations that are developing and deploying Next Gen
SONET solutions by generating two types of delay: signal delay and path-layer delay.

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• A Signal Delay Emulator is like a programmable spool of fiber; delays can be injected in bit-level
increments up to 750ms.
• A Path Delay Emulator is like multiple programmable spools of fiber; delays can be injected in
individual segments of data of various sizes within a SONET signal by up to 320ms of differential
delay.

With these Next Gen SONET emulation solutions, users can simulate the transmission delays and path jitter
that will be encountered by diversely-routed members of a VC group.

Change in network content and competitive pressures have fueled the need to develop Next Gen SONET
technologies to efficiently deliver new revenue-generating services over existing optical networks. Before
deploying these new technologies, however, it is critical to evaluate the effects on services using GFP or
running through a VC/LCAS environment. Anue WAN emulators can help you do this!

With a scalable, cost-effective solution for many of the challenges faced by developers of Next Gen SONET
network equipment and systems, Anue Systems is leading the way in Next Gen SONET testing. Designing,
building and testing Next Gen SONET products, including VC/LCAS solutions, require WAN emulation tools
such as those from Anue Systems with targeted delay emulation and impairment functionality.

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