2 fibers; one for working traffic and one for protection traffic Fiber break causes adjacent nodes to wrap the ring to avoid the outage New Traffic path is out lined in yellow 1a 4a 3a3b 4b 7a 8a8b 7b 1b 2a 2b 6a 6b 5a 5b UPSR Protection LoopStar ® SONET Access and Transport Solutions SONET Add/Drop Multiplexer Rings Overview The LoopStar SONET product family provides traditional Add/Drop Multiplexer (ADM) functionality to deliver TDM and data services. SONET has a long history as the service providers’ transport mechanism of choice due to its reliability, traffic grooming capabilities, and simplified remote management. With recent developments in Ethernet over SONET (EOS), SONET ADMs now have the capability to effectively groom Ethernet traffic onto the SONET backbone. With the rise in FTTX deployments for triple play, and the SONET ADM’s ability to effectively transport both TDM and Ethernet traffic, the demand for SONET add/drop rings will continue to increase. Reliability SONET was designed to provide protection switching in the event of facility or equipment failures. There are two basic protection switch mechanisms for ring topologies: Unidirectional Path Switched Rings (UPSR) and Bidirectional Line Switched Rings (BLSR). All LoopStar SONET products support UPSR, with the LoopStar 1600 supporting BLSR. Unidirectional Path Switched Rings (UPSR) UPSR makes switching decisions based on the signal quality of a single STS or VT. With UPSR rings, two counter-rotating rings are used, one for the working traffic and one for the protection traffic. Since UPSR is implemented at the path level only, nodes that terminate the path level are the only ones capable of performing the protection switch. Therefore, the only nodes that can perform a protection switch are those that are terminating the STS or VT. When a UPSR ADM determines that a given path signal requires a protection switch, it wraps the ring by selecting the protection path as the new active path. UPSR is typically used in access or smaller metro networks where a hub node aggregates the traffic. All LoopStar SONET products support UPSR protection switching. APPLICATION NOTE www.adc.com • +1-952-938-8080 • 1-800-366-3891 10/05 • 1339234 LoopStar ® SONET Access and Transport Solutions LoopStar ® SONET Access and Transport Solutions SONET Add/Drop Multiplexer Rings 2 www.adc.com • +1-952-938-8080 • 1-800-366-3891 Bidirectional Line Switched Rings (BLSR) BLSR makes switching decisions based on the performance monitoring of the STS-1s at the line level. As a result, the adjacent nodes to a failure are the nodes that perform the protection switch. BLSR reserves half the bandwidth on a given line for working traffic and the other half for protection traffic. Instead of UPSR’s counter-rotating rings, BLSR uses bidirectional optical connections between nodes with half the working and protection traffic on both lines. Unlike UPSR, when a protection switch occurs, all traffic (any STS or VT on the line) is switched from the working path to the protection path. This is extremely effective in larger, meshed networks where the bandwidth reuse capabilities of a BLSR network can be fully utilized. The LoopStar 1600 supports 2- fiber BLSR for meshed or virtually meshed deployments over a SONET ring. Traffic Grooming Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) TDM traffic grooming has been an integral part of SONET transport since its inception. After all, SONET was designed to allow the efficient multiplexing of DSn signals. Traffic grooming as it applies to SONET refers to the process of de-multiplexing an STS/VT1.5 from a higher level STS Synchronous Payload Envelope (SPE) and dropping it out as a DSn signal. Likewise, a DSn signal can be added into an SPE through the reverse process. By performing grooming at a VT level, the LoopStar SONET product family permits different services to be transported to different locations without reserving more than a DS-1’s worth of bandwidth. Ethernet Over SONET Traditionally, Ethernet over SONET has fallen under the classification of Packet Over SONET (POS). POS refers to the process of mapping data traffic into one or more STS-1s. Since the multiplexing scheme for SONET was designed for rates associated with TDM traffic, POS services, which were implemented at rates of 10/100/1000 Mbps, could not be transported without taking up more bandwidth than what was needed. Recently, developments in mapping Ethernet over SONET have made it possible to efficiently transport Ethernet without wasting bandwidth. These new developments are the Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), Virtual Concatenation (VCAT), and Link 2 fibers; each carrying 1/2 working and 1/2 protect channels Working channels on Span 6a switch to protect channels on Span 6b 1a 4a 3a3b 4b 7a 8a8b 7b 1b 2a 2b 6a 6b 5a 5b BLSR Protection Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS), which are explained in detail in the LoopStar 800 Ethernet Business Service Delivery Applications note #1315119 on adc.com. With support for EOS, the LoopStar SONET product family can effectively transport Ethernet over the SONET network at even VT1.5 levels Remote Management Remote management is one of the key advantages of SONET networks. SONET was designed with an embedded in-band channel, known as the Data Communications Channel (DCC), to interconnect nodes for remote management. Historically, these nodes used the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocol stack to manage these nodes. Newer equipment uses an IP protocol stack to interconnect the nodes. The LoopStar product family implements both the IP and OSI protocol stacks to provide remote management through legacy and next-generation networks. This allows nodes to be automatically discovered and the management traffic to be sent to the user-defined Gateway Network Element (GNE). The GNE is responsible for terminating the DCC and delivering the management traffic via a 10/100BT interface to the data communications network (DCN). Any of the LoopStar SONET products can be designated as the GNE for one or more rings (multi-ring support is available on the 1600 and 800). Summary The LoopStar SONET product family provides a full-featured SONET portfolio to support the transport of TDM and data traffic. With full support for SONET protection, traffic grooming, and remote management, service providers can implement the type of network best suited for their environment. 10/05 • 1339234 LoopStar ® SONET Access and Transport Solutions LoopStar ® SONET Access and Transport Solutions SONET Add/Drop Multiplexer Rings 3 www.adc.com • +1-952-938-8080 • 1-800-366-3891 ADC Telecommunications, Inc., P.O. Box 1101, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA 55440-1101 Specifications published here are current as of the date of publication of this document. Because we are continuously improving our products, ADC reserves the right to change specifications without prior notice. At any time, you may verify product specifications by contacting our headquarters office in Minneapolis. ADC Telecommunications, Inc. views its patent portfolio as an important corporate asset and vigorously enforces its patents. Products or features contained herein may be covered by one or more U.S. or foreign patents. 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