OC-12 Crossconnect For The Vistanet Gigabit Network

The design, construction, and installation of an OC-12c cross connect switch for the VISTAnet network has been completed. The cross connect switch has been designed as SONET-compliant line terminating equipment and provides switching for up to 16 OC-12c signals. The system consists of up to eight trunk interface cards with two bidirectional OC-12 ports, a synchronous switch card, and a control module with craft interface to provide service monitoring, provisioning, and maintenance functions.