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ATM Option System Reference - Comtech EF Data

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Product Overview<br />

The NetPerformer provides CBR through support of the structured DS1/E1 Nx64 Kbps<br />

service (where N represents the number of subchannels configured in the VC).<br />

• This is a fractional DS1/E1 service that supports structured AAL1 framing with<br />

CAS for either DS1 (D4 or ESF) or E1.<br />

• It does not support structured or unstructured framing without CAS signaling.<br />

• A maximum of 24 subchannels for all AAL1 VCs can be configured on the Net-<br />

Performer when using an E1 connection, or 20 subchannels for a T1 connection.<br />

AAL1 Voice Path<br />

The AAL1 voice path is similar to a passthrough voice channel in the sense that voice is<br />

not compressed (TDM) and no voice traffic is passed through the NetPerformer<br />

baseboard.<br />

During call setup, the Signaling Engine assigns a DSP to digit detection and tone<br />

generation. When the remote subchannel (or partner channel) is detected, the Signaling<br />

Engine allocates another DSP to process digit forwarding. Once call setup is complete,<br />

only the DSP assigned to the AAL1 subchannel is used. This DSP also handles echo<br />

cancellation.<br />

Digit Detection for AAL1 Incoming Calls:<br />

Incoming calls from AAL1 subchannels may be in predefined or switched mode.<br />

• The mode of an AAL1 subchannel is predefined if there is a user voice channel in<br />

predefined mode attached to this AAL1 subchannel. In this case, digits are<br />

passed.<br />

• The mode of an AAL1 subchannel is switched if there is no user voice channel in<br />

predefined mode attached to this AAL1 subchannel. In this case, digits are<br />

received and interpreted as for voice channels in a digital span.<br />

AAL1 Cell Coding<br />

The CES specification defines the concept of a block, which is one multiframe containing<br />

a fixed number of DS0 channels.<br />

• This block is fragmented into <strong>ATM</strong> cells.<br />

• If the block does not fit within a single cell, then the sequence of blocks is fragmented<br />

into multiple <strong>ATM</strong> cells with no space left unused in the cells. It is thus<br />

possible to have a cell containing the end of one block and the beginning of the<br />

next block.<br />

The AAL1 <strong>ATM</strong> cell structure includes:<br />

• Generic <strong>ATM</strong> header (5 bytes).<br />

• AAL1 header (1 or 2 bytes):<br />

- The first byte contains a one-bit flag (CSI) indicating whether the second byte<br />

is present, a 3-bit CRC, a parity bit and a 3-bit sequence number.<br />

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