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7 unusual facts about SDH


64b/66b encoding

An earlier scrambler used in Packet over SONET/SDH (RFC 1619, 1994) had a short polynomial with only 7 bits of internal state which allowed a malicious attacker to create a Denial-of-service attack by transmitting patterns in all 27-1 states, one of which was guaranteed to desynchronize the clock recovery circuits.

Link protection

Survivability can be addressed in many layers in a network and protection can be performed at the physical layer (SONET/SDH, Optical Transport Network), Layer 2 (Ethernet, MPLS) and Layer 3 (IP).

Looking Glass Networks

The company provides rapid delivery of data transport services including SONET/SDH, Wavelength-division multiplexing and Ethernet as well as IP connectivity, dark fiber and carrier-neutral colocation.

Managed evolution

This could include using SONET/SDH networks to provide Metro Ethernet or using a mix of copper and optical access facilities to deliver Fiber to the x (FTTX) broadband services, as examples.

PIONIER

During the experiment Poznań, Łódź and Gdańsk were connected and the 34 Mbit/s ATM network in an 622 Mbit/s SDH environment has been created and since then called POL-34.

Self-healing ring

SDH, SONET and WDM systems are often configured in self-healing rings.

SS7 probe

The probe passively monitors the E1/T1 or SDH/SONET bearers, and extracts the signalling information for onward presentation to a network application.


University of Sydney Faculty of Dentistry

It is an Australian graduate-entry dental school based at two locations: Westmead Centre for Oral health (WCOH) which is a part of Westmead hospital, and Sydney Dental Hospital (SDH) which is situated between Chalmers Street and Elizabeth Street opposite the entrance to Central Station.

VCAT

Virtual concatenation is a network standard that allows the use of non-consecutive timeslots in SONET/SDH.


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