
IWE8, V3.4
PXB 4219E, PXB 4220E, PXB 4221E
Operational Description
Data Sheet
56
2003-01-20
4.3.2
Setup of AAL Segmentation Channels
In “Inactive” mode, no data is accepted from the framer receive interface.
In “Active” mode, data is accepted from the framer receive interface, segmented and
cells are written into the Segmentation Buffers and the Output Queue.
In “Standby” mode, data is accepted from the framer receive interface but no cells are
written in the Segmentation Buffers.
In “Substitute” mode, data is accepted from the framer receive interface, but substituted
by a programmable byte-pattern selected by “subst_bpslct” in the “AAL Receive
Reference Slot”. Cells are written into the Segmentation Buffers and the Output Queue.
This mode can be used for trunc conditioning to indicate idle (bit pattern = 0x7F) or out-
of-service conditions (bit pattern = 0x1A) according to af-vtoa-0078 [10] and TR-NWT-
000170 [14]
When activating the AAL segmentation channels, it is important to follow the initialization
sequence as shown in
Table 18
. Step 2 must be held at least 250
μ
s to internally reset
the AAL channel. During this time the device connected to the Framer Receive Interface
has to be in normal operation allowing the IWE8 to synchronize itself on the frame pulse.
Table 17
ATM Adaptation
Layer Type
Cell Filling level values
Partially Filled
Completely Filled
Minimum
4
4
4+Cb
3)
Maximum
47
46
46
AAL0
AAL1
AAL1 with CAS
48
47
1)2)
47
2)
1)
If frame based SDT without CAS is used and filling level
≤
45, the condition band_width
≤
part_fill has to be
fulfilled for correct operation.
Multiframe based SDT without CAS should not be used.
2)
non-P format, cell may have only 46 user data octets in P format
3)
Cb: Required bytes for the CAS subblock in an ATM cell = RoundUp(N/2)
Table 18
Step
Activation sequence for AAL segmentation channels
AAL Receive Reference Slot.
channel_mode
0 = inactive
00 = inactive
1 = active
00 = inactive
1 = active
01 or 11 = active
pcfN
p_rx_act
Minimum Time
1
2
3
250
μ
s