RFC 3255 (rfc3255) - Page 2 of 8
Extending Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) over Synchronous Optical NETwork/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) with virtual concatenation, high order and low order payloads
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RFC 3255 Extending PPP over SONET/SDH April 2002 The only currently supported SONET/SDH SPE/VCs in RFC 2615 [3] are the following: SONET SDH ---------------------------------------- STS-3c-SPE VC-4 STS-12c-SPE VC-4-4c STS-48c-SPE VC-4-16c STS-192c-SPE VC-4-64c Note that VC-4-4c and above are not widely supported in SDH networks at present. The use of virtual concatenation means that the right size SONET/SDH bandwidth can be selected for PPP links. For the convenience of the reader, the equivalent terms are listed below: SONET SDH --------------------------------------------- SPE VC VT (1.5/2/6) Low order VC (VC-11/12/2) STS SPE Higher Order VC (VC-3/4/4-Nc) STS-1 frame STM-0 frame (rarely used) STS-1 SPE VC-3 STS-1-nv VC-3-nv (virtual concatenation) STS-1 payload C-3 STS-3c frame STM-1 frame, AU-4 STS-3c SPE VC-4 STS-3c-nv VC-4-nv (virtual concatenation) STS-3c payload C-4 STS-12c/48c/192c frame STM-4/16/64 frame, AU-4-4c/16c/64c STS-12c/48c/192c-SPE VC-4-4c/16c/64c STS-12c/48c/192c payload C-4-4c/16c/64c This table is an extended version of the equivalent table in RFC 2615 [3]. Additional information on the above terms can be found in Bellcore GR-253-CORE [4], ANSI T1.105 [5], ANSI T1.105.02 [6] and ITU-T G.707 [7]. 2. Rate Comparisons Currently supported WAN bandwidth links for PPP over SONET/SDH: Jones & Murton Standards Track
