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EMERGENCE OF SDH
SDH emerged in 1990 standards bodies
around 1990. SDH has provided transmission networks with a vendor-independent
and sophisticated signal structure that has a rich feature set.
As digital networks increased in complexity in the early 1980s,
demand from network operators and their customers grew for features
that could not be readily provided within the existing transmission
standards. These features were based on high-order multiplexing
through a hierarchy of increasing bit rates up to 140 Mbps or 565
Mbps in Europe and had been defined in the late 1960s and early
1970s along with the introduction of digital transmission over coaxial
cables. Their features were constrained by the high costs of transmission
bandwidth and digital devices. The multiplexing technique allowed
for the combining of slightly nonsynchronous rates, referred to
as plesiochronous, which lead to the term plesiochronous digital
hierarchy (PDH).
There are three primary market drivers that have accelerated the
deployment of SONET/SDH technology:
A. Maturity of SONET/ SDH standards;
B. Emergence and growth of new network applications, resulting in
an ever increasing need for higher bandwidth, and;
C. Most importantly, increased competition between various service
providers resulting in the need for lower operating costs. |
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