 IN-DEPTH VIEW: Ethernet Throughput E1/T1

Unframed E1/T1
Packets Throughput
# AAL1 TDM Frame Overhead %Overhead
Per/sec Mbps
Frames Bytes/Frame Length Bytes Payload
E1 T1 E1 T1

1 48 94 46 49% 5447/4107 4.1/3.08

2 96 142 46 32% 2724/2054 3.1/2.32
3 144 190 46 24% 1816/1369 2.76/2.07
4 192 238 46 19% 1362/1027 2.6/1.95
5 240 286 46 16% 1089/821 2.5/1.87
6 288 334 46 14% 908/685 2.43/1.82
7 336 382 46 12% 778/587 2.38/1.78
8 384 430 46 11% 681/513 2.34/1.76
Source RAD Com T1 = 1.544 Mbps E1 = 2.048 Mbps
Ethernet Load (Mbps) = [(Frame Overhead in bytes + TDM Bytes Per Frame )X 8 ] x Packets per sec
T1 = [(46 + 48 ) x 8] x 4107 = 3.088 Mbps
We have a calculator that will allow us to calculate required Ethernet throughput for a number of different possibilities

•The larger the number of AAL1 frames put into a single packet the lower the Ethernet Throughput required
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 IN-DEPTH VIEW: Ethernet Throughput E3/T3
Unframed E3/T3
Packets Throughput
# AAL1 TDM Frame Overhead %Overhead
Per/sec Mbps
Frames Bytes/Frame Length Bytes Payload
E3 T3 E3 T3

6 288 338 50 15% 15234/19830 41 / 53.6

8 384 434 50 12% 11425/14872 39.7/51.6
15 720 770 50 6% 6093/7932 37.5/48.86
20 960 1010 50 5% 4570/5949 36.84/48
25 1200 1250 50 4% 3656/4759 36.5/47.6
30 1440 1490 50 3% 3046/3966 36.3/47.3

E3 34.368 Mbps
T3(DS3) 44.736 Mbps

Source RAD Com

Ethernet Load (Mbps) = [(Frame Overhead in bytes + TDM Bytes Per Frame )X 8 ] x Packets per sec
Ethernet Load for T3 ( 50 + 288 ) x 8 x 19830 = 53.6 Mbps
 IN-DEPTH VIEW: Ethernet Throughput
Fractional E1/T1
Ethernet Throughput Framed/Fractional T1 / E1 ( K bps)
Number of Payload Bytes Per Ethernet Frame

TS/Payload
48 96 144 192 240 288 336 384
1 128 096 086 081 078 076 074 073
5 641.7 484.6 432.3 406.1 390.4 380 372.5 366.9
10 1283 969 864 812 780 760 713 733
15 1925 1454 1297 1218 1171 1140 1117 1100
20 2566 1938 1729 1624 1561 1520 1490 1467
24 3080 2326 2075 1949 1874 1824 1788 1761
31 3978 3005 2680 2518 2421 2356 2309 2275

•Store and Forward Delay - 1 TS put into a 47 Octet payload will take about 6 msec to assemble.
• The fewer the number of TS from a single tributary the longer the Storage & Forward Delay
• Use the calculator to calculate the delay.