1. Modeling Inventory
  2. Working with Pipe and Capacity Specifications
  3. Working with Pipe Signal Termination Point Specifications

Working with Pipe Signal Termination Point Specifications

You use Pipe Signal Termination Point specifications to define signal structures. A signal structure defines a multiplexing hierarchy where data streams are separated into multiple lower data communication links. For example, a DS1 signal structure can define a 1.536 Mbps data stream as 24 DS0 signals, each supporting 64 Kbps. The signal structure defines the channel hierarchy for a pipe facility that supports time division multiplexing (TDM), such as a T1 or an E1 facility.

You create a hierarchy of Pipe Signal Termination Point specifications to define the signal structure. The highest-level Pipe Signal Termination Point specification in the hierarchy (the parent) represents a trail termination point (TTP). You associate this parent specification to a Capacity Provided specification to define the total bandwidth capacity provided by the signal structure.

The child Pipe Signal Termination Point specifications represent connection termination points (CTP). A signal structure can have multiple levels of child Pipe Signal Termination Point specifications, each representing a further breakdown of the data stream defined by the preceding specification in the hierarchy.

You associate the highest-level Pipe Signal Termination Point specification (the parent) of a signal structure to a Pipe specification to define the channel hierarchy and capacity provided by the pipe facility.

When working with Pipe Signal Termination Point specifications, see the following topics: