| 摘要 |
Bit-transparent muxing of an input signal for transport through an optical communications network. A fixed length container of the optical communications network is defined, which includes an overhead and a payload. A stuffing ratio (alpha) is based based on a line rate of the input signal and a data rate of the container. A number (N<SUB>FS</SUB>) of fixed stuffs is computed based on the stuffing ratio (alpha). The input signal and N<SUB>FS </SUB>fixed stuffs are inserted into the payload of the container, and the computed number N<SUB>FS </SUB>stored in the container's overhead. In some embodiments, the container is an overclocked OTU- 3 (OTU 3 +) frame having a line rate of 44.6 Gb/s. This enables bit-transparent mux/demux of four nominal 10-Gig signals having line rates within a range of between 7.6 Gb/s and 10.4 Gb/s, or a single nominal 40-Gig signal having a line rate within a range of between 38.8 Gb/s and 41.6 Gb/s.
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