[c-nsp] Transporting TDM voice DS3s over Ethernet

[Chris Cappuccio]

Clayton Zekelman [clayton at mnsi.net] wrote:
> 
> I would think you're going to need to convert the TDM signals into packets to move across the Ethernet.
> 
> This would mean DSP CODEC's of some sort.  What you're really trying to do is transport 1344 DS0's worth of traffic.
> 
> This can get expensive - its basically large scale VoIP.
> 

Have you been smoking pot today?  A DS3 is 672 DS0s, first of all.  And,
a DS3 carries a digital signal.  You could easily break ds3 frames into
packets with a simple FPGA design.  You wouldn't need any type of
modem or codec.