Title :
A practical overview of synchronization status messaging and its applicability to SONET networks
Author :
Liu, Steven ; Williams, Ross ; Feng Liu ; Leung, Tze-Wo ; Subramanian, Ravi
Author_Institution :
Bell-Northern Res., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The paper discusses synchronization status messaging and its applicability to SONET networks. The synchronization status messaging formats and requirements are first described from a standards perspective. The application of synchronization status messaging to SONET linear and ring architectures is then explained through step by step examples. The interworking between nonmessaging and messaging equipment is examined and special attention is paid towards the synchronization message provisioning for nonstratified clocks. A number of synchronization network management issues pertaining to this new messaging function are discussed. As a conclusion, the key advantages of synchronization status messaging and future trends in network synchronization are discussed
Keywords :
SONET; network topology; synchronisation; telecommunication network management; telecommunication standards; SONET networks; future trend; interworking; messaging equipment; messaging formats; messaging function; network synchronization; nonstratified clocks; ring architectures; standards perspective; synchronization message provisioning; synchronization network management issues; synchronization status messaging; Clocks; DSL; Master-slave; North America; Optical fiber devices; SONET; Synchronization; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication traffic; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1995., Conference Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Fourteenth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2492-7
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1995.472436
