Functional Description

700-701-100-02

 

 

RATE SELECTABLE APPLICATION MODES AND OPTIONS

 

Applications for single-pair rate-selectable HDSL are those that require transport of voice and data at various rates over various distances on a single pair of wires. Depending on line noise and the HDSL rate selected, spans of up to 7.1 km (4.4 miles) can be deployed without the use of doublers. The HDSL line rate depends on the number of time slots selected. The UTU-701C and ETU-751C each have 32 time slots with a bandwidth of from 256 kbps to 2048 kbps (1 to 32 time slots selected). Each time slot represents a 64 kbps increment of the available bandwidth.

The available rate selectable application modes and options are:

single

structured

unstructured

CRC-4

Single Mode

Single is the only application mode displayed in the Config System Settings menu. It means the system uses a single pair of twisted copper wires to transport data.

Structured Mode

When less than 32 time slots are selected, the line and desktop units automatically operate in the structured mode (see “G.704 Framing and Rate Selectable HDSL” on page 17). There is no structured mode menu selection. In structured mode, data at the G.703 interface is framed according to G.704. This permits fractional allocation of the total 2048 kbps bandwidth to and from the G.703 interface, insertion of idle code into unused time slots at the G.703 output, and monitoring of the G.703 input for CRC-4 multiframe errors.

A typical structured mode application is illustrated in Figure 6. The settings for this application are listed in Table 7. Time slots 1-15 and 17-25 are transported as telephony voice channels between the G.703 ports of the two units. Time slots 26-31 are unused and are set to idle code FF. In structured mode, time slot 1 is the beginning time slot; time slot 0 is regenerated at the G.703 output. With the CRC-4 mode enabled, the input G.703 signal is monitored for CRC-4 multiframe errors and at the G.703 output, a new CRC-4 code is generated. Time slot 16 is transported transparently between G.703 ports and may be used for telephony signaling.

Figure 6. Typical Structured Mode Application

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August 9, 2002

UTU-701 and ETU-751 List 1