Sunday, September 6, 2009

What is Add Drop Multiplexer?

This is the most common element to built up SDH rings.Dependent on the port configuration it gives access to all containers embedded in the STM-1 signals. These containers can be dropped and inserted in the SDH hierarchy.

Each tributary can also be inserted into each container of the STM-1 streams.

An ADM155 for example is a multiplexer, which handles 126 x 2Mbps tributaries
within 2 independent STM-1 datastreams (doublering).

Also the exchange of the containers between the STM-1 signals is possible.

The ADMs are controlled via TMN commands in embedded channels or the via
the Q-interface.

It has a built in switching unit, which supports Automatic Protection Switching
(APS) , if one line has interruptet.

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