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S/UNI-JET Data Sheet
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Document ID: PMC-1990267, Issue 3
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The processing of the overhead bits in the DS3 frame is described in Table 38. In the transmit
direction, the overhead bits can be inserted on a bit-by-bit basis from a user supplied data stream
using the TOH, TOHINS, TOHFP, and TOHCLK signals. In the receive direction, most of the
overhead bits our brought out serially on the ROH data stream.
Table 38 DS3 Frame Overhead Operation
Control Bit
Transmit Operation
Receive Operation
Xx:
X-Bit Channel
Inserts the FERF signal on the
X-bits.
Monitors and detects changes in the state of
the FERF signal on the X-bits.
Px:
P-Bit Channel
Calculates the parity for the
payload data over the previous
M-frame and inserts it into the
P1 and P2 bit positions.
Calculates the parity for the received payload.
Errors are accumulated in internal registers.
Mx:
M-Frame Alignment
Signal
Generates the M-frame
alignment signal (M1=0, M2=1,
M3=0).
Finds the M-frame alignment by searching for
the F-bits and the M-bits. OOF is removed if
the M-bits are correct for three consecutive M-
frames while no discrepancies have occurred
in the F-bits.
Fx:
M-subframe
Alignment Signal
Generates the M-subframe
signal (F1=1, F2=0, F3=0,
F4=1).
Finds M-frame alignment by searching for the
F-bits and the M-bits. OOF is removed if the
M-bits are correct for three consecutive M-
frames while no discrepancies have occurred
in the F-bits.
Cx:
C-Bit Channels
M23 Operation:
The C bits are passed through
transparently in M23 framer only
mode except for the C-bit Parity
ID bit which toggles every M-
frame. In M23 ATM applications,
the C bits other than the Parity
ID bit are forced to logic one.
C-bit Parity Operation:
The C-bit Parity ID bit is forced to
logic one. The second C-bit in M-
subframe 1 is set to logic one.
The third C-bit in M-subframe 1
provides a far-end alarm and
control (FEAC) signal. The FEAC
channel is sourced by the XBOC
block. The 3 C-bits in M-
subframe 3 carry path parity
information. The value of these 3
C-bits is the same as that of the
P-bits. The 3 C-bits in M-
subframe 4 are the FEBE bits.
The 3 C-bits in M-subframe 5
contain the 28.2 Kbit/s path
maintenance datalink. The
remaining C-bits are unused and
set to logic one.
The state of the C-bit parity ID bit is stored in a
register. This bit indicates whether an M23 or
C-bit parity format is received.
C-bit Parity Operation:
The FEAC channel on the third C-bit in M-
subframe 1 is detected by the RBOC block.
Path parity errors and FEBEs on the C-bits in
M-subframes 3 and 4 are accumulated in
counters. The path maintenance datalink
signal is extracted by the receive HDLC
controller.