System and method and trafficking telecommunication signals
AssigneeAlcatel USA Sourcing, L.P.
InventorsKameel I. Wakim, Joseph A. Crossett, III, Anthony Mazzurco
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Abstract
A method of trafficking telecommunication signals having various formats, includes providing, at a first network element, a synchronous payload envelope having a first format, the synchronous payload envelope comprising a synchronous path and associated overhead portion and a payload portion, mapping the synchronous payload envelope into a transport signal having a second format without terminating the synchronous path or associated overhead portion of the synchronous payload envelope, and transmitting the transport signal to a second network element over a network supporting the second format.
Claims18
A method of trafficking telecommunication signals having various formats, comprising:
- providing, at a first network element, a synchronous payload envelope having a first format, the synchronous payload envelope comprising a synchronous path and associated overhead portion and a payload portion;
- mapping the synchronous payload envelope into a transport signal having a second format without terminating the synchronous path or associated overhead portion of the synchronous payload envelope;
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- transmitting the transport signal to a second network element over a network supporting the second format;
- receiving the transport signal from the network having the second format;
- identifying the synchronous payload envelope as having the first format;
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- providing a performance monitoring service in accordance with a standard associated with the first format.
A cross connect comprising a network gateway operable to facilitate cross connection of a plurality of signals between a first network supporting a first format and a second network supporting a second format, without necessitating termination of a synchronous path and associated overhead portion of the signal being cross connected, the gateway comprising:
- a synchronous payload envelope decoder operable to receive a transport signal and extract a synchronous payload envelope from the transport signal, the synchronous payload envelope having a first format;
- a matrix operable to receive the synchronous payload envelope having the first format and to map the synchronous payload envelope into a transport signal having a second format without terminating the synchronous path or associated overhead portion of the synchronous payload envelope.
A system for trafficking telecommunication signals having various formats, comprising:
- a first network element comprising:
- a first synchronous payload envelope decoder operable to receive a first transport signal and extract a synchronous payload envelope of the first transport signal, the synchronous payload envelope having a first format and comprising a synchronous path and associated overhead portion and a payload portion;
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- a matrix operable to receive the synchronous payload envelope and to map the synchronous payload envelope into a second transport signal having a second format, without terminating the synchronous path or associated overhead portion of the synchronous payload envelope;
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- a second network element comprising:
- a second synchronous payload envelope decoder operable to receive the second transport signal, to extract the synchronous payload envelope from the second transport signal, and to identify the synchronous payload envelope as having the first format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.