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PRELIMINARY
DS3 UNI FOR ATM
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FEAC (Only available for the C-bit Parity Frame
Format)
The third C-bit (C13 or FEAC) in the first F-frame is
used as the “Far End Alarm and Control” (FEAC)
channel between the “Near-End” DS3 terminal and the
“Far-End” DS3 terminal. The FEAC channel carries:
Alarm and Status Information
Loopback commands to initiate and deactivate
DS3 and DS1 loopbacks at the distant terminals.
The FEAC signals are encoded into repeating 16 bit
message of the form:
(where x can be either 1 or 0); with the rightmost bit
transmitted first.
Note:
the FEAC message consists of a six bit code word
(“xxxxxx”) which is encapsulated in 10 framing bits forming
the 16 bit FEAC message. Since each DS3 frame carries
only one FEAC bit, 16 DS3 frames are required to deliver 1
complete FEAC message. The six bits labeled “x” can rep-
resent 64 distinct messages, of which 43 have been
defined in the standards. For a more detailed discussion on
the transmission of FEAC Messages, please see Section
6.4.3.1.2.
FEBE (Only available for the C-bit Parity Frame
Format)
F-Frame # 4 consists of 3 bit fields for the FEBE (Far-
End Block Error) channel. If the (Near-End) Receive
DS3 Framer (within the UNI) detects P-bit parity er-
rors or a framing error on the incoming (received)
DS3 stream it will inform the Transmit DS3 Framer of
this fact. The Transmit DS3 Framer will, in turn, set
the three FEBE bits (within an outgoing DS3 Frame)
to any pattern other than “111” to indicate an error.
The Transmit DS3 Framer will then transmit this infor-
mation out to the “Far End” Terminal (e.g., the source
of the errored-data). The FEBE bits, in the outbound
DS3 frames, are set to “111” only if both of the follow-
ing conditions are true:
The Receive DS3 Framer has detected no M-bit or
F-bit framing errors, and
No P-Bit parity errors has occurred.
A more detailed discussion on the Transmit DS3
Framer’s handling of the “FEBE” bit-fields can be
found in Section 6.4.3.1.4.
Transmit Yellow Alarm (X-bits)
The X-bits are used for sending “Yellow Alarms” or
the FERF (Far-End Receive Failure) indication.
When the “Near-End” Receive DS3 Framer (within
the Receive Section of the UNI) cannot identify valid
framing, or detects an AIS pattern in the incoming
DS3 data-stream, the UNI can be configured such
that the Transmit DS3 Framer will send a “Yellow
Alarm” to the “Far-End” Terminal by setting all the
X-bits to zero in the outbound (returning) DS3 path.
The X-bits are set to “1” during non-alarm conditions.
6.4.3.4
Data Link Related OH Bits
UDL: User Data Link (C-bit Parity Frame
Format Only)
These bit-fields are not used by the framer and are
set to “1” by default. However, these bits may be used
for the transmission of data via a proprietary data link.
The user can access these bit-fields via the TxOH
Serial Input Port and the RxOH Serial Output Port.
DL: Path Maintenance Data Link (C-bit Parity
Frame Format Only)
The LAPD transceiver block uses these bit-fields for
the transmission and reception of path maintenance
data link messages. Please see Section 6.4.3.1.3 for
more information on the operation and function of the
LAPD Transmitter.
6.4.4
Functional Description of the Transmit
DS3 Framer
6.4.4.1
The Overhead Generator is responsible for generat-
ing all of the OH bits, during normal operation of the
Transmit DS3 Framer. The role of the OH Generator
in the Transmit DS3 Framer is described below.
The Overhead Generator will either automatically
generate the OH bits, based upon the status of the
received DS3 data stream (via the Receive DS3
Framer block), or allow the user to input his/her own
OH bits via a dedicated serial input port (TxOH Serial
Input Port). Please see Section 6.4.3.3 for a more
detailed discussion on the TxOH Serial Input port.
The Overhead Generator
6.4.4.1.1
Error Insertion into the outbound
DS3 Frame P, F and M Bits
The Overhead Generator allows the user to insert
errors into the OH framing bits (P M and F-bits) of the
outbound DS3 data stream in order to support “Far-
End” Equipment testing. The user can exercise this
option by writing data to any of the numerous Transmit
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