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Contents
Contributors ……………………………………………………………………………………… 1
Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
Main Components of an Ethernet/WAN Access Project …………………………… 4
Hardware …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5
Processor ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
Memory ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
WAN Framer …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
Vendor Equipment Application ……………………………………………………………………….. 11
Software ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12
Operating System ………………………………………………………………………………………… 13
Management of your WAN Access Trunks……………………………………………………….. 14
The Industry Standards, and the “Real World†……………………………………… 16
What is Trunk Management Software? ……………………………………………….. 18
Main Components of Trunk Management Software ……………………………………………… 20
Configuration Manager………………………………………………………………………………….. 20
Alarm Manager…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21
Maintenance Manager ………………………………………………………………………………….. 21
Signaling Manager for T1/E1………………………………………………………………………….. 22
Sync Status Messages and Clock Distribution Management………………………………….. 23
Trunk Management and SNMP …………………………………………………………………………. 26
Automatic Protection Switching …………………………………………………………………………. 28
History ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 28
Description ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 29
WarmStart Capability……………………………………………………………………………………….. 30
System Behavior with WarmStart……………………………………………………………………. 31
WarmStart Implementation Objectives …………………………………………………………….. 32
Framer and Transceiver Devices ……………………………………………………………………. 33
Designing for High Availability ………………………………………………………………………… 34
Ethernet in the Wide Area Network …………………………………………………….. 35
Ethernet OAM Design Considerations …………………………………………………………….. 37
Specific Issues of Ethernet OAM for IEEE 802.1ag……………………………….. 39
Specific Issues of Ethernet OAM for ITU Y.1731…………………………………… 41
Specific Issues of T1/E1 …………………………………………………………………… 44
Overview of T1 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 44
Alarms ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 45
Framing ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 46
In-band Loopback Activation and De-Activation ………………………………………………… 50
Signaling …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 50
Overview of E1 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 53
Framing ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 54
Alarms ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 59
Signaling …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 60
Standards Requirements ………………………………………………………………………………….. 61
Software Architecture ………………………………………………………………………………………. 62
Specific Issues of T3/E3 …………………………………………………………………… 63
Overview of T3 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 63
G.747 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 72
Overview of E3 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 74
G.751 Framing …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 74
G.832 Framing …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 77
Standards Requirements ………………………………………………………………………………….. 81
Alarms and Configuration …………………………………………………………………………………. 81
Performance Monitoring …………………………………………………………………………………… 82
Software Architecture ………………………………………………………………………………………. 83
Specific Issues of SONET/SDH …………………………………………………………. 84
Overview of SONET ………………………………………………………………………………………… 84
Section Overhead ………………………………………………………………………………………… 86
Line Overhead……………………………………………………………………………………………… 86
Path Overhead …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 87
Overview of SDH …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 88
Standards Requirements ………………………………………………………………………………….. 94
Alarms and Configuration …………………………………………………………………………………. 95
Performance Monitoring …………………………………………………………………………………… 95
Japanese SDH ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 96
Handling Groups ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 98
Automatic Protection Switching …………………………………………………………………………. 99
Interoperability and NComm’s TMS……………………………………………………………….. 101
Software Architecture …………………………………………………………………………………….. 102
Testing Issues and Gotcha’s ……………………………………………………………. 103
Estimating the Development Time for a WAN Access Project……………….. 109
Best Options for Development …………………………………………………………………………. 111
Using NComm’s TMS for SNMP Management ……………………………………………….. 112
The history of bus architecture ………………………………………………………………………… 112
PMC/PTMC ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 115
COMPACTPCI………………………………………………………………………………………………. 117
The Future: PCI Express, ATCA, AMC… ………………………………………………………….. 119
Growing Demand for VoIP ………………………………………………………………………………. 120
The evolution of telecom equipment …………………………………………………………………. 122
Outsourcing solutions that make “cents …………………………………………………………. 122
Completing the System Design ……………………………………………………………………….. 123
Go to the experts …………………………………………………………………………………………… 124
Glossary ………………………………………………………………………………………. 125
About NCOMM ……………………………………………………………………………… 133
About LSI Corporation ……………………………………………………………………. 134
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