| PIPE |
DSO |
Number
of DSOs |
Equivalent |
European |
| DSO |
64 Kbps |
1
|
DSO
|
64 kbps |
| DS1 |
1.544 Mbps |
24
|
24DSO
|
2.048 Mbps (E1) |
| DS3 |
44.736 Mbps |
672
|
28 DS1
|
34.368 Mbps |
| OC3 |
155.52 Mbps |
2,016
|
3 DS3
|
STM 1 |
| OC12 |
622.08 Mbps |
8,064
|
4 OC3
|
STM 4 |
| OC48 |
2.488 Gbps |
32,256
|
4 OC12
|
STM 16 |
| OC192 |
9.953 Gbps |
129,024
|
4 OC48
|
STM 64 |
| OC768 |
39.813 Gbps |
516,096
|
4 OC192
|
STM 256 |
* DSO - One 64 Kb/s unit of
transmission bandwidth. A worldwide standard for digitizing one voice
conversation and more recently for data transmission. Twenty four DSO's
equal one DS1 (64Kb/s x 24) or a T-1.
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