
XRT7250
DS3/E3 FRAMER IC
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REV. 1.1.1
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occur in a repeating 1001 pattern. The Receive DS3
Framer block will attempt to locate this F-bit pattern
by performing five (5) different searches in parallel.
The F-bit search has been declared successful if at
least 10 consecutive F-bits are detected. After the F-
bit match has been declared, the Receive DS3 Fram-
er block will then transition into the M-Bit Search state
within the DS3 Frame Acquisition/Maintenance algo-
rithm (per
Figure 81). When the Receive DS3 Framer
block reaches this state, it will begin searching for val-
id M-bits. Recall from the discussion in Section 3.1
that each DS3 M-frame consists of three (3) M-bits
that occur in a repeating 010 pattern. The M-bit
search is declared successful if three consecutive M-
frames (or 21 F-frames) are detected correctly. Once
this occurs an M-frame lock is declared, and the Re-
ceive DS3 Framer block will then transition to the In-
Frame state. At this point, the Receive DS3 Framer
block will declare itself in the In-Frame condition, and
will begin Frame Maintenance operations. The Re-
ceive DS3 Framer block will then indicate that it has
transitioned from the OOF condition into the In-Frame
condition by doing the following.
Generate a Change in OOF Condition interrupt to
the local P.
Negate the RxOOF output pin (e.g., toggle it
"Low").
Negate the RxOOF bit-field (Bit 4) within the
Receive DS3 Configuration and Status Register.
The user can configure the Receive DS3 Framer to
operate such that 'valid parity' (P-bits) must also be
detected before the Receive DS3 Framer can declare
itself In Frame. The user can set this configuration by
writing the appropriate data to the Rx DS3 Configura-
tion and Status Register, as depicted below.
Table 37 relates the contents of this bit field to the
framing acquisition criteria.
Once the Receive DS3 Framer block is operating in
the In-Frame condition, normal data recovery and
processing of the DS3 data stream begins. The max-
imum average reframing time is less than 1.5 ms.
4.3.2.2
Frame Maintenance Mode Operation
When the Receive DS3 Framer block is operating in
the In-Frame state (per
Figure 81), it will then begin to
perform Frame Maintenance operations, where it will
continue to verify that the F- and M-bits are present,
at their proper locations. While the Receive DS3
Framer block is operating in the Frame Maintenance
mode, it will declare an Out-of-Frame (OOF) condition
if 3 or 6 F-bits (depending upon user selection) out of
16 consecutive F-bits are in error. The user makes
this selection for the OOF Declaration criteria by writ-
ing the appropriate value to bit 1 (F-Sync Algo) of the
Rx DS3 Configuration and Status Register, as depict-
ed below.
RX DS3 CONFIGURATION AND STATUS REGISTER, (ADDRESS = 0X10)
BIT 7BIT 6BIT 5BIT 4BIT 3
BIT2BIT 1BIT 0
RxAIS
RxLOS
RxIdle
RxOOF
Int LOS
Disable
Framing on
Parity
F-Sync Algo
M-Sync Algo
RO
R/W
XX
XXX
XX
X
TABLE 37: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONTENTS OF BIT 2 (FRAMING ON PARITY) WITHIN THE RX DS3
CONFIGURATION AND STATUS REGISTER, AND THE RESULTING FRAMING ACQUISITION CRITERIA
FRAMING
ON
PARITY
(BIT 2)
FRAMING ACQUISITION CRITERIA
0
The In-frame is declared after F-bit synchronization (10 F-bit matches) followed by M-bit synchronization (M-
bit matches for 3 DS3 M-frames)
1
The In-frame condition is declared after F-bit synchronization, followed by M-bit synchronization, with valid
parity over the frames. Also, the occurrence of parity errors in 2 or more out of 5 frames starts a frame search