Frame/Multiframe Length; Multiples Of The Frame Length; Total Buffer Length; Converting Between Bits And Seconds - Comtech EF Data SDM-300A Installation And Operation Manual

Operation
3.6.1.3

Frame/Multiframe Length

The depth of the receive buffer required has been discussed in Section 3.4.1.2, and is
applicable to all unframed data.
When the data is framed (such as 2048 kbit/s G732 or 1544 kbit/s G733), it is desirable to
provide slips in predefined locations. The advantage of organized slip locations (in
relation to the frame) is that multiplexing equipment does not lose sync and outages on
any channel are kept to a minimum.
A 2048 kbit/s frame structure commonly used is G732. This has a frame length of
256 bits with 16 frames per multiframe (4096 bits total, or 2 ms).
3.6.1.4

Multiples of the Frame Length

If this setting is set to NONE, the user can choose any buffer depth.
3.6.1.5

Total Buffer Length

T1 and E1 framing structure under G.704 is available. When this is selected, the buffer
length is restricted to the size of the buffer. Using the examples from the three previous
sections, the total buffer depth (end to end) will be:
Doppler + Plesiochronous (rounded up to the nearest multiframe)
1.15 ms + 6.98 ms = 8.13 ms
If the frame length is 2 ms, then the nearest multiframe will be 10 ms, or 20,480 bits.
3.6.2

Converting Between Bits and Seconds

3.6.2.1

Bits to Seconds

1/Data Rate x Bits = Seconds.
3.6.2.2

Seconds to Bits

Data Rate x Seconds = Bit.
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