Cross-connection types

Overview

Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 has cross-connection capabilities offering users flexibility in directing traffic flow through systems to support a wide variety of customer applications using two-way cross-connections.

Types

Cross-connections are made by specifying the SONET or SDH rate, the end point addresses (AIDs), and the cross-connection type (add/drop, 0x1, or through). Each single cross-connection command establishes a two-way cross-connection.

Cross-connection rates

Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 supports the following cross-connection rates:

• SONET VT1.5, STS-1, STS-3c, STS-12c

• SDH VC-12, VC-3 (low-order), VC-4, VC-4-4c