MuxRates

Result: standard mapping

How many DS1s are in an OTU4?

An OTU4 carries 53,760 DS1s, per ITU-T G.709 and ITU-T G.707. This path maps STM-64 into ODU2 as a client, then follows that client's tributaries.

53,760

DS1s in an OTU4

Working

OTU4 → 1 × ODU4 → 10 × ODU2 → 1 × STM-64 → 64 × STM-1 → 84 × DS1

  1. 1 × ODU4 in each OTU4 ITU-T G.709The OTU4 frame carries exactly one ODU4.
  2. 10 × ODU2 in each ODU4 ITU-T G.709Ten ODU2s use all 80 tributary slots, eight slots each.
  3. 1 × STM-64 in each ODU2 ITU-T G.709Client mappingCBR STM-64 mapped into OPU2.
  4. 64 × STM-1 in each STM-64 ITU-T G.70764 × STM-1.
  5. 84 × DS1 in each STM-1 ITU-T G.70784 VC-11 tributaries: 3 TUG-3 × 7 TUG-2 × 4 TU-11.

Leftover capacity

28.804533568 Gbit/s of each OTU4 line rate (111.809973568 Gbit/s) sits outside 53,760 × 1.544 Mbit/s of DS1 line rate (83.005440 Gbit/s). That remainder is overhead, fixed stuff or justification. It is not another whole tributary.

By bit rate only

Dividing the line rates gives 72,415.78, which floors to 72,415 DS1s by bit rate only. The standard mapping is 53,760. Use the mapping.

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