MuxRates

Result: standard mapping

How many OC-1s are in an OTU4?

An OTU4 carries 1,920 OC-1s, per ITU-T G.709 and Telcordia GR-253. This path maps OC-192 into ODU2 as a client, then follows that client's tributaries.

1,920

OC-1s in an OTU4

Working

OTU4 → 1 × ODU4 → 10 × ODU2 → 1 × OC-192 → 192 × OC-1 (STS-1)

  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 × OC-192 in each ODU2 ITU-T G.709Client mappingCBR OC-192, the same client rate as STM-64, mapped into OPU2.
  4. 192 × OC-1 (STS-1) in each OC-192 Telcordia GR-253192 × OC-1 (STS-1). Channelized OC-192 is 192 STS-1s.

Leftover capacity

12.277173568 Gbit/s of each OTU4 line rate (111.809973568 Gbit/s) sits outside 1,920 × 51.840 Mbit/s of OC-1 line rate (99.532800 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 2,156.82, which floors to 2,156 OC-1s by bit rate only. The standard mapping is 1,920. Use the mapping.

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