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S 1 Agilent 81250 ParBERT SONET/SDH Frame Generator User’ s Guide ...
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2 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generat or, Nove mber 2002 Important Notic e © Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2002 Manu al P ar t Nu mbe r 5988-5231EN Revision Revision 5.0, November 2002 Printed in Germany Agilent Technolo gies Herrenberger St raße 130 D-71034 Böblingen Germa ny Authors: t3 me dien Gmb H W arranty The material contained ...
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Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 3 Content s Introduction to th e Frame Generator 5 What the Frame Generator Does 5 Installing th e Software 5 Using the Fr ame Generator 7 Generating Frame Files 8 Impo rtin g Fram es int o ParB ERT 9 Editing Fra me Files 9 Selecting the Files to be Gener ated 11 Converting F ram ...
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Cont ents 4 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 ...
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Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 5 Introduction to the Frame Generator The SONET/SDH Fram e Generat or (referre d to as the Frame Generat or) is a sof tware application for generating SON ET and SDH fram es fo r P arBERT . What the Frame Generator Does The Frame Generat or allo ws one or more str uctured patte r ...
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Introduc tion to the Fram e Generator Insta lling the Softw are 6 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 ...
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Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 7 Using the Frame Generator This top ic pro vides a s h ort o vervi ew of what you ha ve to do to generate frames for use in ParBERT . The follo w ing fi gure provides an ov er view of th e workf low . Figure 1 SONET W orkflow The follo wing st eps have to b e per forme d to gen ...
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Using the F rame Gen erator Generating Frame Files 8 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 2. The settin gs fo r the frames t o be gener ated are made on the GU I. See “H ow Frame s are Gener ated” on page 1 3 f or information about the Fram e Gener ator . 3. The s elect ed f iles a re generat ed by sel ecting t he ...
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Impo rt ing Frame s i nto Par BERT Using the Frame Generator Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 9 Importing Frames into ParBERT When t he fram es have been generat ed, th ey hav e to be impor ted t o Pa rBERT , wh e re S ONET te sts can then be carried o ut. Editing Frame Files The Frame Generat or allo ws one or ...
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Using the F rame Gen erator Editing Frame Files 10 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 C7.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C7.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- C8.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C8.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
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Selecting th e Files to be Genera ted Using the Frame Generator Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 11 Selecting the Files to be Generated Y ou can op tionally sel ect th e fi les to be genera ted. B y default, all f iles ar e ge ne r at e d . Y o u c a n c ha n ge t h i s s el e ct io n in a d i al o g b ox t h a ...
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Using the F rame Gen erator Convertin g Frame Files 12 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 Converting Frame Files Once the frame f il es have been gen erated (and edit ed), t hey mu st be con vert ed t o s egme nt f il es for use by ParBE RT . This is done by t he following: • Select ing File -> Convert F rame( ...
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Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 13 How the Frame Generator W orks The following se ct ions provide det ai led spe cif icat ions o f t he foll owing: • How the F rame Gene rat or gene rat es frame s This i s desc ribed in the f ollo wing section. • Cod ed Ma rk Inv ersion (CMI) codi ng See “CMI Codin g” ...
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How the F rame Generator W orks How Frames are Generate d 14 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 See t he follo w ing section s for more information: • “SONET Section Ov erhead an d SDH R S Ove rhead Detai ls” on page 18 This s ection d escrib es ho w the sec tion o ve r head is genera t ed. • “SONE T Line ...
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How Frames are Generated How the Frame Generator W orks Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 15 Payload Details The pa yload choices are: All 1s, al l 0s, alt er nat e 1s and 0 s, var ious P RBS opt ions , a bina r y f ile and a patt er n ed it or . It is i mpo rtant to c ons ide r th e po ssi ble le ngth s of the P ...
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How the F rame Generator W orks How Frames are Generate d 16 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 NOTE Please pa y atten tion to the fo llo wing when defining the payloa d fill. • This is a bulk f ill of the p ay load s pace, not a fill o f e ach indi vidual pa yload channel. • Since this is a repeating frame, t h ...
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How Frames are Generated How the Frame Generator W orks Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 17 G1 Path Stat us Byte The G 1 pat h s tat us byte is af fected by th e following alar m s: • L -AI S / M S-AIS •H P - R E I • L -R DI / MS -RDI Depend ing on wh ich al ar m i s selec te d, t he G1 pat h st atus byt e ...
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How the F rame Generator W orks How Frames are Generate d 18 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 Depen din g on which ala rm i s s elect ed, t he K2 byte is set as follows: •N o e r r o r s : 0000 0000 •A I S o n : 0000 0111 •R D I o n : 0000 0110 F or t he alar m c ondi tion , no o the r acti on i s t aken con ...
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How Frames are Generated How the Frame Generator W orks Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 19 Single B1 Error T he use r can spec ify a sin g le B1 error pe r fram e. T o generat e a B1 error (for channel 1 o nly), one 1 of a select ed byte is complimen ted (t he byt e is X ORed wit h 0000 0 001 ). The selec ted b ...
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How the F rame Generator W orks CMI C oding 20 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 CMI Coding CMI co ding i s a method o f con ve rting bin ar y data in to an e lectr ical signal . Bits with t he value 1 are g iven bi polar levels (alt ern ating positive/negative volt ages). Bits with t he valu e 0 are r eprese nt ed ...
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Sync hronizin g Patt ern How the F rame Gene rator W orks Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 21 When i nser ting a binar y payload, you have to ma ke sure t hat t his pattern (with scrambling) is not used wit hin the pa yload. The f ollo wing table shows how the pa yload si ze is det ermined b y the segment widt h ...
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How the F rame Generator W orks Sy nchronizin g Pattern 22 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 ...
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Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 23 Graphical User Interface Reference The F rame G enerat or’s Gra phical User In ter fac e (GUI) is rela tively simple; t he following is a shor t d escripti on of t he GU I ele ments, t ool bar and menus. Figure 6 SONET GUI Menus To o l b a r Sett ings area Stat us bar ...
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Graphic al User Interfac e Reference Sett ings Are a 24 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 Settings Area NOTE So me eleme nts of t he s etting ar ea are invi sible if you s elect CID f or Mode . The invisible elemen ts are n ot available f or CID . The following is a li st of the element s of t he set tings area: ? ...
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Setting s Area Graphical User I n terface R eference Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 25 • Rate The rate a vail able dep ends on the s elec ted For m a t . T he following rates are availa ble: • Payload This field defines ho w the pa yload is gener at ed. Y o u h av e the fol l o wing choices: –A l l 0 s ? ...
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Graphic al User Interfac e Reference Sett ings Are a 26 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 • Errors Allows you to s pecif y er rors t hat are t o be generat ed in t he fir st frame. • Alarms Allows you to sp ecify a lar ms t hat are t o be g enerat ed in t he patterns. • Mask Analyzer B Bytes W h e n y o u s e ...
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Menus Gr aphical User Interface R eference Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 27 Menus The F rame Generator cont ains t he f ollo wing menu s, which enable you to sa ve files and c hange appeara nces of the a pplicati on: • File men u • Vie w men u • Help menu These are describ ed in the following sec tions. ...
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Graphic al User Interfac e Reference To o l B a r 28 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 Vie w M e n u The Vie w menu con tai ns t h e following elem ents: • Too l B a r Sho ws/hides t he tool bar . • Status Bar Shows/hide s t he st atus bar . Help Menu The Help menu c ontains the f ollo wing el ements: • about ...
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Status Ba r Graphical User Interface Reference Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 29 Status Bar T h e s t a t u s b a r a t t h e b o t t o m o f t h e G U I p r o v i d e s i n fo r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e st atus of t he app lica tio n. It als o provides “po p-up” ty pe t ips for the menus a nd t ools (w ...
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Graphic al User Interfac e Reference Status Ba r 30 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 ...
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Inde x Agilent 81 250 Pa rBERT SO NET/SDH F rame G enerator, N ovembe r 2002 31 Index B B1 byte 18 err or 19 B2 byte 18 err or 18 B3 byte 16 err or 16 BIP coding 14 C CMI coding 20 F File genera tion 11 Files, overview 11 Fram e generation 13 Frame Ge nerator functionality 5 introduction 5 using 7 workflow 7 Frames conversion 12 edit ing 9 generati ...
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Inde x 32 Agilen t 81250 ParB ERT SONET/ SDH Fram e Generator, Nove mber 2002 ...
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