Optical Carrier levels (OCx)

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Glossary - powered by WhatIs.com  BROWSE ALPHABETICALLY:    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #     Optical Carrier levels (OCx) The Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) includes a set of signal rate multiples for transmitting digital signals on optical fiber. The base rate (OC-1) is 51.84 Mbps. Certain multiples of the base rate are provided as shown in the following table. Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) makes use of some of the Optical Carrier levels. Optical Carrier Level Data Rate OC-1 51.84 Mbps OC-3 155.52 Mbps OC-12 622.08 Mbps OC-24 1.244 Gbps OC-48 2.488 Gbps OC-192 10 Gbps OC-256 13.271 Gbps OC-768 40 Gbps >> Find white papers, products and vendors related to Optical Carrier levels (OCx). Last updated on: Apr 10, 2008   WHAT'S NEW  on searchNetworking  1. Tutorial: 10 Gigabit Ethernet  2. Desktop virtualization network barriers  3. Why green data center networks?  4. Follow us on Twitter! Free Downloads From Cisco Click here for FREE Cisco resources

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