DS33Z41 Quad IMUX Ethernet Mapper

8.18 X.86 Encoding and Decoding

X.86 protocol provides a method for encapsulating Ethernet Frame onto LAPS. LAPS provides a HDLC-type framing structure for encapsulation of Ethernet frames, but does not inflict dynamic bandwidth expansion as HDLC does. LAPS encapsulated frames can be used to send data onto a SONET/SDH network. The DS33Z41 expects a byte synchronization signal to provide the byte boundary for the X.86 receiver. This is provided by the RSYNC pin. The functional timing is shown in Figure 11-7. The X.86 transmitter provides a byte boundary indicator with the signal TSYNC. The functional timing is shown in Figure 11-6. Note that in some cases, additional logic may be required to meet RSYNC/TSYNC sychronization timing requirements when operating in X.86 mode.

Figure 8-14. LAPS Encoding of MAC Frames Concept

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