SONET Flashcards
1
Q
What is the international term for SONET?
A
SDH: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
2
Q
What is STS?
A
Synchronous Transport Signal
3
Q
What is SONET?
A
Synchronous Optical Network
A signalling hierarchy based on the STS signalling structure designed to scale with traffic rates and network usage
4
Q
STS is also referred to as __ signaling.
A
optical carrier (OC)
5
Q
What is the name of the basic signaling rate for SONET and what is the actual rate?
A
STS-1/OC-1
51.84 Mb/s
