5600 (TRANSMODE)

5000 Universal Aggregator. The 5600 uses the Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) standard allowing interoperability with existing SDH/SONET networks. The client signals are mapped into GFP according to ITU-T G.7041, Generic Framing Procedure (GFP). The GFP frames are transported over SDH/SONET through virtual concatenation, VCAT, according to ITU-T G.707. This is the most effective way to transport Gigabit Ethernet signals through an existing SDH/SONET network. 5600 takes as input the line signal from the 5300 or 5500, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel or FICON. The output from the 5600 is a regular STM-16/OC-48 signal.