CS553 ST7 Ch08-Multiplexing
CS553 ST7 Ch08-Multiplexing
CS553 ST7 Ch08-Multiplexing
Multiplexing
FDM System
Supergroup
60 channel
FDM of 5 group signals on carriers between 420kHz and
612 kHz
Mastergroup
10 supergroups
Wavelength Division
Multiplexing
WDM Operation
Same general architecture as other FDM
Number of sources generating laser beams at
different frequencies
Multiplexer consolidates sources for transmission
over single fiber
Optical amplifiers amplify all wavelengths
Typically tens of km apart
TDM System
Error control
Errors are detected and handled by individual
channel systems
Framing
No flag or SYNC characters bracketing TDM
frames
Must provide synchronizing mechanism
Added digit framing
One control bit added to each TDM frame
Looks like another channel - control channel
Pulse Stuffing
Problem - Synchronizing data sources
Clocks in different sources drifting
Data rates from different sources not
related by simple rational number
Solution - Pulse Stuffing
Outgoing data rate (excluding framing bits)
higher than sum of incoming rates
Stuff extra dummy bits or pulses into each
incoming signal until it matches local clock
Stuffed pulses inserted at fixed locations in
frame and removed at demultiplexer
Hierarchy of TDM
USA/Canada/Japan use one system
ITU-T use a similar (but different) system
US system based on DS-1 format
Multiplexes 24 channels
Each frame has 8 bits per channel plus
one framing bit
193 bits per frame
Mixed Data
DS-1 can carry mixed voice and data
signals
24 channels used
No sync byte
Can also interleave DS-1 channels
Ds-2 is four DS-1 giving 6.312Mbps
SONET/SDH
Statistical TDM
In Synchronous TDM many slots are
wasted
Statistical TDM allocates time slots
dynamically based on demand
Multiplexer scans input lines and collects
data until frame full
Data rate on line lower than aggregate
rates of input lines
Performance
Output data rate less than aggregate
input rates
May cause problems during peak periods
Buffer inputs
Keep buffer size to minimum to reduce delay
Buffer Size
and Delay
Upstream
User requests timeslots on shared upstream channel
Dedicated slots for this
Asymmetrical Digital
Subscriber Line
ADSL
Link between subscriber and network
Local loop
ADSL Design
Asymmetric
Greater capacity downstream than upstream
Range 5.5km
Discrete Multitone
DMT
Multiple carrier signals at different frequencies
Some bits on each channel
4kHz subchannels
Send test signal and use subchannels with
better signal to noise ratio
256 downstream subchannels at 4kHz (60kbps)
15.36MHz
Impairments bring this down to 1.5Mbps to 9Mbps
DMT Transmitter
xDSL
High data rate DSL
Single line DSL
Very high data rate DSL
Required Reading
Stallings chapter 8
Web sites on
ADSL
SONET