[nsp] rate limiting DS3s (was Re: PA-MC-2T3 question)

From: nicholas harteau (nrh@ikami.com)
Date: Sun Jun 11 2000 - 20:59:21 EDT


As long as the subject has been brought up, what's the best method for
rate limiting DS3s using the PA-2T3 and PA-MC-2T3+?

Paolo Bevilacqua wrote:
> At 02:41 PM 6/10/00 -0400, George Robbins wrote:
> >Plus version supports sub-rate t3's (aka fractional t3). I
> >don't think
> >there was an upgrade program, it's not something to get excited
> >about
> >unless your provider offers offers cheap channelized sub-rate
> >t3's. 8-)
>
> channelized and sub-rate T3 are two different things.
> channelized means that in the T3 are muxed up to 28 t1's so you
> can connect to multiple remote locations using a single
> interface, aka m13 mux functionality. subrate means that the t3
> is circuit is provisioned point-to-point clear-channel, but is
> not used at full bandwidth. Before PA-MC-2T3+ you needed two
> different types of PA to do the two applications described
> above. Now, you can do clear channel OR sub-rate OR channelized
> T3 using the same hardware. The full functionality will be
> released shortly with a software upgrade for the PA-MC-2T3+.
>
> /pab

-- 
nicholas harteau
nrh@ikami.com



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