
TNETA1600
SONET/SDH ATM RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER
FOR 622.08-MBIT/S OR 155.52-MBIT/S OPERATION
SDNS036 – FEBRUARY 1996
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line-AIS consecutive-frame count (continued)
for seven consecutive frames and to deactivate upon the absence of the condition for two consecutive frames,
0111 0010 would be written to the register. The default value for LAIS activation and deactivation is five frames.
When a reset operation is performed, a value of 0101 0101 is placed in the register.
line-FERF consecutive-frame count
A line-FERF condition is detected in a frame as a 110 in bits 6–8 of the K2 byte. Any other pattern is not an LFERF
pattern. The input to this register represents the number of consecutive frames in which the condition must occur
for activation and, independently, the required number of consecutive frames without the condition for
deactivation of the LFERF bit in status register 2. As activation (and deactivation) may occur upon the detection
of a condition for up to 15 consecutive frames, the four most-significant bits of the register are used to represent
the number of consecutive frames (with the condition) required for activation while the four least-significant bits
represent the number of consecutive frames (without the condition) required for deactivation. For example, to
activate an interrupt through the status registers upon the detection of a condition for seven consecutive frames
and to deactivate upon the absence of the condition for two consecutive frames, 0111 0010 is written to the
register. The default value for LFERF activation and deactivation is five frames. When a reset operation is
performed, a value of 0101 0101 is placed in the register.
path-RDI consecutive-frame count
A path-RDI condition is detected in a frame as a 1 in bit 5 or bit 6 (or both) of the G1 byte. A 00 in these bits
indicates the absence of the condition. The input to this register represents the number of consecutive frames
in which the condition must occur for activation and, independently, the required number of consecutive frames
without the condition for deactivation of the PRDI bit in status register 3. As activation (and deactivation) may
occur upon the detection of a condition for up to 15 consecutive frames, the four most-significant bits of the
register are used to represent the number of consecutive frames (with the condition) required for activation while
the four least-significant bits represent the number of consecutive frames (without the condition) required for
deactivation. For example, to activate an interrupt through the status registers upon the detection of a condition
for seven consecutive frames and to deactivate upon the absence of the condition for two consecutive frames,
0111 0010 is written to the register. The default value for PRDI activation and deactivation is ten frames. When
a reset operation is performed, a value of 1010 1010 is placed in the register.
LOCA to path-RDI soak count
The input to this register provides a present to a counter that controls the amount of time, in increments of 125
μ
s
that a LOCA condition must be present before a path-RDI condition is sent via the outgoing G1 byte. The exact
amount of time required is not currently specified by any of the standard’s organizations. This register is preset
to a value of 32 (decimal) when a reset operation occurs. This corresponds to a soak time of 4 ms. The soak
time can be modified by writing a new value to this register. For instance, in order to set the value in the counter
to 1 ms, a value of eight (8 x 125
μ
s = 1 ms) is written in this register. However, the value has to be rewritten
if a reset operation occurs, as the present value revert to 4 ms. This feature automatically generates a path RDI
due to a LOCA condition when enabled (only if the appropriate bit is set in the control registers).
performance counters
The TNETA1600 contains several performance counters that provide running sums and statistics of various
parameters. Table 8 lists the performance counters accessible through the TNETA1600 controller interface. All
counters are 16-bit counters except the line-FEBE counter, the output ATM cell counter, and the discarded
idle/unassigned-cell counter, which are 24-bit counters.
All counters are read/write and their contents can be sampled or preset. The counters are reset to zero when
a device-reset operation occurs (i.e., when RESET goes low). The counters can also be effectively reset by
writing zeroes to the register. The counters do not reset when they are read.
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