2.B-ISDNREFERENCEMODELandPROTOCOLLAYERS.pptVIP

Broadband Networking with SONET and ATM Protocol Reference Model in the User Plane Remarks: PMD ? Physical Medium Dependent TC ? Transmission Convergence Sublayer It separates transmission from the physical interface and allows ATM interfaces to be built on a large variety of physical interfaces a) Physical Medium (PM) PM sublayer provides the bit transmission capability including bit alignment Line coding and, if necessary, electrical/optical conversion is performed in this sublayer Optical fiber is used for the physical m