Result: standard mapping
How many STM-1s are in an OTU1?
An OTU1 carries 16 STM-1s, per ITU-T G.709 and ITU-T G.707. This path maps STM-16 into ODU1 as a client, then follows that client's tributaries.
16
STM-1s in an OTU1
Working
OTU1 → 1 × ODU1 → 1 × STM-16 → 16 × STM-1
- 1 × ODU1 in each OTU1 ITU-T G.709The OTU1 frame carries exactly one ODU1. The line-rate gap is OTU overhead and FEC.
- 1 × STM-16 in each ODU1 ITU-T G.709Client mappingCBR STM-16 mapped into OPU1.
- 16 × STM-1 in each STM-16 ITU-T G.70716 × STM-1.
- 1 ODU1
- 1 × 1 = 1 STM-16
- 1 × 1 × 16 = 16 STM-1s
Leftover capacity
177.737143 Mbit/s of each OTU1 line rate (2.666057143 Gbit/s) sits outside 16 × 155.520 Mbit/s of STM-1 line rate (2.488320 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 17.14, which floors to 17 STM-1s by bit rate only. The standard mapping is 16. Use the mapping.