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OC - Optical Carrier

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The transmission speeds defined in the SONET specification. OC defines transmission by optical devices (STS is the electrical equivalent).

Examples include:

  • OC-1 = STS-1 = 51.84 Mbps
  • OC-12 = STS-12 = 622.08 Mbps
  • OC-48 = STS-48 = 2488.32 Mbps
Last Updated on Monday, 09 June 2003 07:48  

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