
MT9072
Data Sheet
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Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.
5.2.1 E1 Basic Framing (Timeslot 0)
Timeslot 0 of every 125 us frame is reserved for basic frame alignment and contains a Frame Alignment Signal
(FAS) or a Non-Frame Alignment Signal (NFAS). FAS and NFAS occur in consecutive basic frames as shown in
Table 12.
Bit one of the FAS can be either a CRC-4 remainder bit or an international usage bit.
Bit one of the NFAS can be either a CRC-4 multiframe alignment signal, an E-bit or an international usage bit. Refer
to national standards bodies for specific requirements.
Bit two of the FAS and NFAS is used to distinguish between FAS (bit two = 0) and NFAS (bit two = 1) frames.
Bits two to eight of the FAS are used for basic frame alignment. Basic frame alignment is initiated by a search for
the bit sequence 0011011 which appears in the last seven bit positions of the FAS, see the Frame Algorithm
section.
Bit three of the NFAS (designated as “A”), the Remote Alarm Indication (RAI), is used to indicate the near end basic
frame synchronization status to the far end of a link. Under normal operation, the A (RAI) bit should be set to 0,
while in alarm condition, it is set to 1.
Bits four to eight of the NFAS (i.e., Sa4-8) are additional spare bits which may be used as follows:
Sa4-8 may be used in specific point-to-point applications (e.g., transcoder equipments conforming to G.761)
Sa4 may be used as a message-based data link for operations, maintenance and performance monitoring
Sa5-Sa8 are for national usage but are also available from the Data link interface(TxDL,RxDL)
Note that for simplicity all Sa bits including Sa4 are collectively called national bits throughout this document.
See the Data Link section for accessing the national bits.
Y27
Performance Presistent Latched
Status Register
This register latches the detection of loss(LOSSP) and basic
frame sync(BSYNCP).
Y2A
CRC-4 Error Counter Latch.
This a a sampled version of Y19 latched every one sec.
Y34
Sync, CRC-4
Remote,Alarm,MAS and Phase
Status Register
These are the interrupt status bits for BSYNC, Receive Multiframe
Alignment Interrupt etc.
Y35
Counter Indication and Counter
Overflow Interrupt status
This register represents the interrupt status bits for counter
overflows, counter indications etc.
Y44
Sync Interrupt Mask Register
This is the mask register for the events in register Y34.
Y45
Counter Indication and Counter
Overflow Interrupt Mask
Register
This is the mask register for the events in register Y35.
Register
Address
Register
Description
Table 11 - Registers Related to Framing for MT9072 (E1)