Optical Transport Unit (Otu) Analysis - VeEX RXT-6200 User Manual

Uses the first six bytes and, similar to SONET/SDH, it is used to provide framing for the entire signal
In order to provide enough 1/0 transitions for synchronization, scrambling is used over the entire OTU
frame, except for the FAS bytes
MultiFrame Alignment Signal (MFAS)
Byte is used to extend command and management functions over several frames
The MFAS counts from 0 to 255, providing a 256 multiframe structure
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9.2.2 Optical Transport Unit (OTU) Analysis

The OTU overhead is comprised of the SM, GCC0, and RES bytes.
Section Monitoring (SM)
Bytes are used for the Trail Trace Identifier (TTI), Parity (BIP-8) and the Backward Error Indicator (BEI)
(also known as the Backward Incoming Alignment Error [BIAE]), Backward Defect Indicator (BDI), and
Incoming Alignment Error (IAE).
The TTI is distributed over the multiframe and is 64 bytes in length. It is repeated four times over the
multiframe.
SM TTI Type
General Communication Channel 0 (GCC0)
Clear channel used for transmission of information between OTU termination points
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