T1 and E1 Line Cards Description
The Models 8995 and 8997 line cards can be used in any 8620 or
8820 Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) managed by a Shelf
Concentration and Processing (SCP) card.
Physical Description
Each 8995 or 8997 access line card connects through one
50-position Telco connector (RJ48M) on the rear of the chassis. Each
supports:
Short haul and long haul configurations
Surge protection for standards compliance
Local and remote loopback testing functions
Selectable test patterns
Loopbacks and statistics
Each 8995 T1 line card supports:
ESF framing
B8ZS line code
Each 8997 E1 line card supports:
G.703 framing
HDB3 line code
75 Ohm or 120 Ohm operation
ATM Features
ATM features include support for:
Four service categories:
— Constant Bit Rate (CBR)
— Real-Time Variable Bit Rate (rt-VBR)
— Non-Real-Time Variable Bit Rate (nrt-VBR)
— Unspecified Bit Rate (UBR)
24 virtual circuits (VCs) per port
Virtual Path (VP) switching
Traffic shaping by virtual circuit (VC) or logical port
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