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Features
AAL1 Segmentation and Reassembly device
compliant with Circuit Emulation Services (CES)
standard (af-vtoa-0078.000)
Supports both Unstructured and Structured
Circuit Emulation of 28 independent DS1/E1/ST-
BUS interfaces
Supports AAL1 trunking, with up to 128 TDM
channels per VC (af-vtoa-0089.001)
Supports CAS transmission and reception in all
structured modes of operation
Supports simultaneous processing of up to 896
bidirectional Virtual Circuits
Supports mixed DS1/E1 operation
Supports mixed Unstructured and Structured
CES operation
Fully flexible DS0 assignment
Complete clock recovery solution provided on-
chip: Synchronous, Adaptive, or Synchronous
Residual Time Stamp (SRTS) via 28 independent
PLLs
Dual-mode (ATM-end or PHY-end) UTOPIA port
operates in Level 1 or Level 2 mode for
connection to external PHY or ATM devices with
UTOPIA clock rate up to 52 MHz
TDM bus provides 28 bidirectional serial streams
at 1.544, 2.048, or 4.096 MHz - compatible with
Generic (1.544 Mbps or 2.048 Mbps) and ST-
BUS (2.048 Mbps) interfaces
Supports master and slave TDM backplane bus
clock operation
Supports TDM and UTOPIA loopback functions
16-bit microprocessor port, configurable to
Motorola or Intel timing
Master clock rate of 66.0 MHz
Figure 1 - MT90528 Block Diagram
Segmentation / Reassembly
Circular Buffers
VC Look-Up
Table
External
Synchronous
SRAM (ZBT)
External Memory Controller
UTOPIA
INPUT
BLOCK
JTAG
Interface
16-bit Microprocessor
Interface
Boundary-
Scan Logic
Microprocessor
Interface Logic
UTOPIA
Interface
UTOPIA
OUTPUT
BLOCK
Local
Memory
TDM
INPUT
BLOCK
Tx/Segmentation (X 28)
TX
SAR
Local
Memory
TDM
OUTPUT
BLOCK
RX SARs
(UDT, SDT,
Data)
Rx/Reassembly (X 28)
PLL
Clock
Management
TDM Input
Interface
TDM Output
Interface
MT90528
Clock Control
/Recovery
Interface
October 2003
Ordering Information
MT90528AG
456 Pin Plastic BGA
-40 to +85C
MT90528
28-Port Primary Rate
Circuit Emulation AAL1 SAR
Data Sheet
MT90528
Data Sheet
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Applications
B-ISDN (Broadband ISDN) systems requiring flexible N x 64kbps transport
Systems requiring af-vtoa-0078.000 (ATM Forum CES v2.0) "DS1 or E1 Nx64 Basic Service", "DS1 or E1
Nx64 Service with CAS", or "DS1 or E1 Unstructured Service" - flexible CES allows one-board solution to
support multiple CES modes
Systems requiring af-vtoa-0089.001 (ATM Forum - ATM Trunking Using AAL1 for Narrowband Services) -
transport of up to 128 channels per VC
Ideal for carrier-class WAN access products, especially channelized DS3 or E3 interfaces
ATM Edge Switches
Carrier Class Voice over ATM systems
ATM Public Network access for PBX or CO
TDM traffic transfer over an asynchronous cell bus
Description
The MT90528 28-Port Primary Rate Circuit Emulation AAL1 SAR allows primary rate TDM circuits to be carried
over ATM networks using Circuit Emulation Services. Up to 896 bidirectional ATM VC connections can be
simultaneously processed by the MT90528 CES AAL1 SAR device.
The MT90528 supports several modes of Circuit Emulation Services for DS1 and E1 rates. These include
Unstructured CES and Structured CES with and without Channel Associated Signalling (CAS).
On the TDM bus side, the MT90528 interfaces with 28 primary rate TDM ports operating at 1.544 Mbps or 2.048
Mbps. The configurable TDM ports interface directly with DS1 or E1 framers for Nx64 Structured operation, or with
DS1 or E1 LIUs in Unstructured mode.
On the ATM interface side, the MT90528 device meets the ATM Forum standard for UTOPIA Bus Level 2. The
MT90528 is capable of operating as a UTOPIA "master" (ATM-end), "slave" (PHY-end), or "multi-PHY slave" (PHY-
end). The UTOPIA port can operate in 8-bit or 16-bit mode, with a clock rate up to 52 MHz.
Each of the twenty-eight ports of the device contains a PLL, allowing independent timing of each TDM port. Each
PLL supports four modes of clock recovery: SRTS, Adaptive, Synchronous (from the Physical layer), or from the
TDM line clock. Although a complete clock recovery solution is provided internally, an optional external PLL or
external clock source is also supported.
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5,260,978. USE OF THIS PRODUCT OR ITS RE-SALE AS A COMPONENT OF ANOTHER PRODUCT MAY
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