3 —  ONT and MDU general and interface technical specifications
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Structured DS1 or E1 services emulate fractional services where the 1.544 Mb/s 
DS1, or 2.048 Mb/s E1, bandwidth is subdivided in to DS0 64 kb/s channels. 
Framing is used to group together multiple DS0s when the service is structured or 
fractional. Unstructured services treat the full bandwidth of a DS1 or E1 link as 
though it were one large channel, ignoring any framing.
CES encapsulation is a method of carrying TDM traffic in an Ethernet frame so that 
there is minimal loss of quality. The ISAM performs CES on the TDM traffic 
received at the ONT DS1 or E1 port using the MEF-8 payload structure for transport 
as Ethernet layer 2 packets over pseudo-wires (PW). The TDM payload within the 
MEF-8 packet, whether it is structured or unstructured, is treated as a bit stream. The 
MEF-8 packets are multiplexed along with other Ethernet layer 2 data packets at the 
ONT before being transported across the GPON.
In unstructured mode, the payload size is fixed at eight DS0 frames per MEF-8 
packet. For DS1, the payload length is fixed at 192 bytes per frame. For E1, the 
payload length is fixed at 256 bytes per frame. In structured mode, the payload length 
is determined from the encapsulation delay setting.
Table 3-6 lists the specifications supported for the DS1/E1 interface.
Table 3-6 DS1/E1 interface specifications
Note
(1)
The upstream derived clock that is provided by the P-OLT is tied to the BIT clock and must be 
traceable to a network timing reference. The derived clock is used for differential clock recovery 
and for timing the upstream PWE3 packet streams in the absence of a valid TDM recovery clock.
CES Overview
Circuit Emulation Services (CES) encapsulation is supported on DS1 and E1 TDM 
traffic for transport as Ethernet layer 2 over the GPON using the Metro Ethernet 
Forum standard MEF-8 payload structure and pseudo-wire (PW) technology. CES 
and the DS1 or E1 ports may be provisioned on the business ONT using a TL1 or an 
EMS management session with the P-OLT.
Item  Specification
DS1/E1 WAN interfaces Two RJ-48C ports configured for 100 Ω DS1, 120 Ω balanced E1, 
or 75 Ω unbalanced E1. An external adapter is required for 75 Ω.
DS1/E1 CES over Ethernet layer 2 
GPON
MEF-8 packetization as IETF PWE3 pseudo-wires
DS1 standards AT&T TR-6421; ITU-T Rec. G.703, G.704
Structured (fractional) and unstructured DS1
E1 standards ITU-T Rec. G.703, G.704, G.706, G.732, G.823
Structured (fractional) and unstructured E1
Synchronization CES DS1/E1 Upstream: A 16.384 MHz local oscillator or a derived clock 
(1)
 
from the GPON that is provided by the P-OLT
Downstream: Either a 16.384 MHz adaptive clock received from 
the PWE3 packet stream or a differential clock recovered from 
the PWE3 packet stream
Gigabit 
Ethernet
A Gigabit Ethernet transmit reference clock of 125 MHz as per 
IEEE 802.3