Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

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Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) is an international standard for high-speed fiber-optic telecommunications that provides a flexible, synchronous framework for transporting digital signals in public and private networks.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
SDH 4
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy canonical 3
SDH VC-4 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf digital transmission hierarchy ⓘ
fiber-optic transport technology ⓘ
telecommunications standard ⓘ
abbreviation SDH ⓘ
basedOn synchronous multiplexing ⓘ
comparedWith SONET ⓘ
compatibility interoperable with SONET at interface level ⓘ
designedFor high-speed fiber-optic telecommunications ⓘ
private telecommunications networks ⓘ
public telecommunications networks ⓘ
frameDuration 125 microseconds ⓘ
frameStructure 9-row by 270-column STM-1 frame ⓘ
geographicalUse primarily outside North America ⓘ
hasBasicRate STM-1 ⓘ
hasBasicRateBitrate 155.52 Mbit/s ⓘ
hasHigherOrderRate STM-16 ⓘ
STM-256 ⓘ
linked to: ITU-T G.707

STM-4 ⓘ
STM-64 ⓘ
hasOverheadType line overhead ⓘ
path overhead ⓘ
section overhead ⓘ
hasStandardSeries ITU-T G.707 ⓘ
ITU-T G.708 ⓘ
ITU-T G.709 ⓘ
ITU-T G.783 ⓘ
ITU-T G.784 ⓘ
ITU-T G.803 ⓘ
introducedIn late 1980s ⓘ
keyFeature flexible multiplexing of digital signals ⓘ
network management capabilities ⓘ
standardized optical carrier rates ⓘ
support for protection and restoration mechanisms ⓘ
synchronous transmission framework ⓘ
relatedTo Synchronous Optical Network ⓘ
linked to: SONET
replaced Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy ⓘ
standardizedBy ITU-T ⓘ
supportsProtectionScheme 1+1 protection ⓘ
1:N protection ⓘ
ring protection ⓘ
supportsSignalType ATM traffic ⓘ
IP traffic over SDH ⓘ
PDH tributaries ⓘ
supportsTopology mesh topology ⓘ
point-to-point topology ⓘ
ring topology ⓘ
synchronizationSource primary reference clock ⓘ
usedIn backbone networks ⓘ
long-haul transmission systems ⓘ
metropolitan area networks ⓘ
usesMultiplexingStructure Administrative Unit ⓘ
Tributary Unit ⓘ
Virtual Container ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SONET → compatibleWith → Synchronous Digital Hierarchy ⓘ
10GBASE-SW → compatibleWith → SDH ⓘ
linked to: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy → abbreviation → SDH ⓘ
linked to: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy → hasBasicRate → STM-1 ⓘ
linked to: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy → hasHigherOrderRate → STM-16 ⓘ
linked to: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
OC-3 → usedIn → Synchronous Digital Hierarchy ⓘ
SyncE → compatibleWith → synchronous digital hierarchy ⓘ
linked to: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
RFC 2615 → specifiesLinkLayer → Synchronous Digital Hierarchy ⓘ
RFC 2615 → specifiesLinkLayer → SDH ⓘ
linked to: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
RFC 2615 → relatedStandard → SDH ⓘ
linked to: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
PPP over SONET/SDH → mapsTo → SDH VC-4 ⓘ
linked to: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy