How many OC-1s are in an OC-48?

Working

OC-48 → 48 × OC-1 (STS-1)

1. 48 × OC-1 (STS-1) in each OC-48 Telcordia GR-25348 × OC-1 (STS-1). Channelized OC-48 is 48 STS-1s.

• 48 OC-1s

Leftover capacity

0 bit/s of each OC-48 line rate (2.488320 Gbit/s) sits outside 48 × 51.840 Mbit/s of OC-1 line rate (2.488320 Gbit/s). That remainder is overhead, fixed stuff or justification. It is not another whole tributary.

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