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Cisco 12000 Series Router Channelized OC-12 Line Card
Increasing Need for High-SpeeD Dedicated Access to the Internet
First Router-Based Channelized Optical Interface
Data Sheet
Cisco 12000 Series Router Channelized OC-12 Line Card
Increasing Need for High-SpeeD Dedicated Access to the Internet
The Internet is rapidly becoming an electronic agent for commerce, entertainment, communication, and information retrieval. At the same time, new network-enabled intranet applications and powerful desktop computers are driving anexponential increase in network traffic. Its increasing popularity has forced several carriers, competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), and service providers (SPs) to offer high-speed dedicated access. Currently the twomost popular dedicated access connections are DS0 (transmission speed of 56 kbps) and T1 (transmission speed of 1.544 Mbps).
Many businesses that use these types of connections togain access to the Internet are experiencing strains in throughput and slow response times. Network designers aresearching for a new networking solution that can satisfy the ever-increasing need for bandwidth and transmission capacity. As a result of this emerging demand, carriers, CLECs,and ISPs are now offering DS3 (45 Mbps) dedicated accessconnections.
Anticipating these trends, Cisco Systems has responded bydeveloping a channelized OC-12 (CHOC-12/DS3) line card; it is designed to simplify the deployment of DS3 services. TheCHOC-12/DS3 line card provides up to 12 DS3 channels over a single optical interface.
First Router-Based Channelized Optical Interface
As part of Cisco's "optical Internet" vision, the CHOC-12/DS3 provides the following benefits:
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Cost reduction—Expensive cables, DS3 equipment, and insome cases Frame Relay switching equipment can be removed from core networking sites.
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Figure 1
Channelized OC-12/DS3 Line Card
New Levels of Efficiency
The one-port CHOC-12/DS3 can transmit IP packets directly over SONET-based optical interfaces at wire speed. The card is based on an innovative transmission method that enables the Cisco 12000 to transmit and receive DS3-based IP packets across standard SONET transmission equipment. This type of connectivity is achieved without the need for additional equipment. As shown in Figure 1, an ISP or enterprise network designer can attach the Cisco 12000 directly toSONET-based equipment, such as Add Drop Multiplexers (ADMs) or digital crossconnects. The remaining equipmentcan be redeployed in the network.
IP packet data is encapsulated by means of the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC), or Frame Relay protocol. Based on the routing information contained in the IP packet, the line card routes the IP packet to 1 of 12 virtual DS3 ports. Theconverted IP packets are placed into DS3 frames, andthe DS3 frames are mapped into 1 of 12 Synchronous Transport Signal level 1 (STS-1) SONET frames. The 12 STS-1 frames are multiplexed into a single STS-12 frame, also known as an Optical Carrier 12 (OC-12) frame. The line card takes advantage of the fail-safe features provided by SONET networks by supporting automatic protection switching, asdefined in the SONET standard.
High-Speed IP
With the CHOC-12/DS3, the Cisco 12000 can exchange packets with Cisco 7000 family routers, using high-speed DS3 connections. The CHOC-12/DS3 interoperates with Cisco's PA-T3 and PA-2T3 packet-over-DS3 port adapters and with DS3 products from Digital Link, LarsCom, and ADC Kentrox. The line card is standard-compliant and compatible with allleading SONET ADMs. All Cisco 12000 Series Routers support the CHOC-12/DS3.
Frame Relay Gateway
The CHOC-12/DS3 supports Frame Relay encapsulation ofIP packets. With the CHOC-12/DS3 using Frame Relay encapsulation, the Cisco 12000 can exchange packets with Frame Relay routers and Frame Relay customer premises equipment (CPE) devices. The CHOC-12/DS3 connects directly to the SONET ADM network, and the Frame Relay traffic is transmitted and received across the SONET network at DS3 rates. Thehigh port density of the CHOC-12/DS3 and the gigabit switching capacity of the Cisco 12000 Series Router negate the need fortheFrame Relay switch in this application.
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Migration from Copper-Based to Optical-Based DS3 IP Service
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Migration from Copper-Based to Optical-Based Frame Relay Service
CHOC-12/DS3 Features
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SONET Layer
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Physical Layer
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Frame Relay Specification
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Other Standards
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DS3 Specifications
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Specifications
Optical Power Budget
Fiber Power BudgetsSingle-Mode
Intermediate Reach
12 dB
-15 to -8 dBm @ 1270 to 1380nm
-28 to -8 dBm
15 km
