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Module 5 - SONET, WDM, DWDM and B-ISDN Technologies                                                             Slide 42 of 76 _________________                                                                                  __________

                                               Synchronous Multiplexing

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Higher rate signals are created by byte-interleaving STS-1 signals. N interleaved STS-1s form an STS-n signal. The value of N that are standardized are 1, 3, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36 and 48.