Administrative & Tributary Unit (AU & TU)

The Administration Unit (AU) is an information structure that performs adaptation functions for the high order path layer and multiplexing segment layer AU-4 = AU-PTR + VC-4 The Tributary Unit (TU) is an information structure that performs adaptation functions for the low order path layer and high order path layer TU-3 = VC-3 + PTR (3 bytes) TU-12 = VC-12 + PTR (one byte)

Tributary Unit-3 ( TU-3)

Consists of 3 pointer bytes H1, H2, H3 TU-3 = VC-3 + 3 bytes pointer

Tributary Unit-12 (TU-12)

TU-12 = PTR (one byte) + VC-12 (35 bytes)

TUG & AUG

TUG-3 = TU-3 + 6 Justification Bytes TUG-2 = 3 x TU-12 TUG-3 = 7 x TUG-2 One or more AU with fixed locations in the STMN frame form an Administration Unit Group (AUG). A single AU-4 can form one Administration Unit Group (AUG)

AUG is useful for the AU-3 multiplexing, but meaningless for AU-4 multiplexing

Mapping & Multiplexing Procedures

x3 Multiplexing

x3 Multiplexing

AU PTR

LO POH VC-4 TUG-3 TUG-2 TU-12 VC-12 C-12

xN
STM-N AUG-4

x1
AU-4
2Mb/s

xN Multiplexing HO POH x7 Multiplexing

TU PTR

Code rate adjustment