Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

E719378

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