How many OC-3s are in an OC-48?

Working

OC-48 → 16 × OC-3

1. 16 × OC-3 in each OC-48 Telcordia GR-25316 × OC-3. Channelized OC-48 is 48 STS-1s.

• 16 OC-3s

Leftover capacity

0 bit/s of each OC-48 line rate (2.488320 Gbit/s) sits outside 16 × 155.520 Mbit/s of OC-3 line rate (2.488320 Gbit/s). That remainder is overhead, fixed stuff or justification. It is not another whole tributary.

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