ATM Option System Reference - Comtech EF Data
ATM Option System Reference - Comtech EF Data
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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