Cisco Systems MGX 8230 manual Circuit Emulation Service Modules, Cesm for T1 and E1 lines

Chapter 2 Module and Service Descriptions

Frame Relay Service Modules

Circuit Emulation Service Modules

The main function of the Circuit Emulation Service Module (CESM) is to provide a constant bit rate (CBR) circuit emulation service by converting data streams into CBR AAL1 cells for transport across an ATM network. The CESM supports the CES-IS specifications of the ATM Forum.

There are two types of CESM modules:

•CESM for T1 and E1 lines, page 2-45.

•CESM for T3 and E3 lines, page 2-50.

CESM for T1 and E1 lines

The eight-port AX-CESM-8T1 and AX-CESM-8E1 models allow individual physical ports to be configured for structured or unstructured data transfer. The CESM provides constant-bit-rate (CBR) services over an ATM network. It allows circuit-based equipment, such as PBXs, to be interconnected over an ATM backbone via CBR connections. The eight port CESM cards support both channelized (n x 64 Kbps) and unchannelized (T1/E1) circuit-based equipment. In ATM Forum terminology, the terms structured data transfer (SDT) and unstructured data transfer (UDT) are used for channelized and unchannelized circuit emulation, respectively.

In addition, flexible clocking mechanisms are provided to meet different application requirements. Synchronous clocking and asynchronous clocking, using either SRTS or Adaptive clock recovery, are both supported.

As an enhancement, dynamic bandwidth allocation is supported via on-hook/off-hook detection to reduce backbone bandwidth consumed when it is not required by the applications. This allows other traffic streams, such as VBR and ABR traffic, to take advantage of the bandwidth normally reserved for the circuit traffic.

CESM T1 and E1 Features

The eight port CESM cards offer the following key features for both T1 and E1 interfaces:

•Standards-based AAL1

•Compliant with ATM Forum CES---V.2.0

•Choice of structured or unstructured data transfer per physical interface

•Time slots must be contiguous for n x 64-kbps fractional T1/E1 service

•Any n x 64-kbps channel can be mapped to any virtual circuit (VC)

•Choice of partially filled AAL1 cells per VC

•Supports Super Frame (SF) and Extended Superframe (ESF) framing modes

•Supports synchronous clocking for both UDT and SDT

•Supports asynchronous clocking for UDT, with SRTS and adaptive clock recovery methods

•ON/OFF hook detection and idle suppression using channel-associated signaling (CAS)

•Supports physical T1/E1 interfaces via back cards or higher speed channelized interfaces using TDM infrastructure on backplane (SRM)

•Traffic is mapped between service interfaces and the ATM backplane using standards-compliant adaptation. Consistent with Cisco's intelligent quality-of-service (QoS) management features, CESM cards support per-VC express queuing.

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