ISO-CMOS MT8979
Frame Alignment Error Counter
Signalling Bit RAM
The MT8979 provides an indication of the bit error
rate found on the link as required by CCITT
Recommendation G.703. The ERR bit (Bit 5 of
MSW1) is used to count the number of errors found
in the frame alignment signal and this can be used to
estimate the bit error rate. The ERR bit changes
state when 16 errors have been detected in the
frame alignment signal. This bit can not change state
more than once every 128 ms, placing an upper limit
The A, B, C, & D Bit RAM is used to retain the status
of the per-channel signalling bits so that they may be
multiplexed into the Control Output Stream (CSTo).
This signalling information is only valid when the
module is synchronized to the received data stream.
If synchronization is lost, the status of the signalling
bits will be retained for 6.0 ms provided the signalling
debounce is active.
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on the detectable error rate at approximately 10 .
The following formula can be used to calculate the
BER:
Integrated into the signalling bit RAM is a debounce
circuit which will delay valid signalling bit changes for
6.0 to 8.0 ms. By debouncing the signalling bits, a
bit error will not affect the call in progress. (See Table
3, bits 3-0 of channel 15 on the CSTi0 line.)
16* number of times ERR bit toggles
BER=
7 * 4000 * elapsed time in seconds
where:
CEPT PCM 30 Format MUX
7 - is the number of bits in the frame alignment
signal (0011011).
The CEPT Link Multiplexer formats the data stream
corresponding to the CEPT PCM 30 format. This
implies that the multiplexer will use timeslots 1 to 15
and 17 to 31 for data and uses timeslots 0 & 16 for
the synchronization and channel associated
signalling.
16 - is the number of errored frame alignment
signals counted between changes of state
of the ERR bit.
4000 - is the number of frame alignment signals in
a one second interval.
This formula provides a good approximation of the
BER given the following assumptions:
The frame alignment or non-frame alignment signals
for timeslot zero are sourced by the control stream
input CSTi1 channel 16 and 17, respectively. The
most significant bit of timeslot zero will optionally
1. The bit errors are uniformly distributed on the
line. In other words, every bit in every channel is
equally likely to get an error.
contain the cyclical redundancy check,
CRC
multiframe pattern and Si bits used for far-end CRC
monitoring.
2. The errors that occur in channel 0 are bit errors.
If the first assumption holds and the bit error rate
Framing Algorithms
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is reasonable, (below 10 ) then the probability of
two or more errors in seven bits is very low.
There are three distinct framers within the MT8979.
These include a frame alignment signal framer, a
multiframe framer and a CRC framer. Figure 13
shows the state diagram of the framing algorithms.
The dotted lines shows optional features, which are
enabled in the maintenance mode.
Attenuation ROM
All transmit and receive data in the MT8979 is
passed through the digital attenuation ROM
according to the values set on bits 5 - 0 of data
channels in the control stream (CSTi0). Data can be
attenuated on a per-channel basis from 1 to -6 dB for
both Tx and Rx data (refer Table 2).
The frame synchronization circuit searches for the
first frame alignment signal within the bit stream.
Once detected, the frame counters are set to find the
non-frame alignment signal. If bit 2 of the non-frame
alignment signal is not one, a new search is initiated,
else the framer will monitor for the frame alignment
in the next frame. If the frame alignment signal is
found, the device immediately declares frame
synchronization.
Digital attenuation is applied on a per-channel basis
to the data found one channel after the control
information stored in the control channel CSTi0, i.e.,
control stream 0 channel 4 contains the attenuation
setting for data stream (DSTo) channel 5.
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