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Section 5 describes the UTOPIA Interface in more
detail.
2.2
The Transmit Convergence (TC) function is common
for both the IMA and UNI modes. It integrates the
circuitry to support ATM cell payload scrambling,
HEC generation and the generation of Idle/Filler/ICP
cells for use with the T1 and/or E1 trunks. Each of
the four MT90221 ATM TC circuits can use the
polynomial X
43
+ 1 to scramble the ATM cell payload
field. The MT90221 ATM cell payload scrambling
function can be disabled.
The ATM Transmission Convergence
The ITU I.432 polynomial X
8
+ X
2
+ X + 1 is used to
generate the HEC field of the ATM cell. By default,
the ATM Forum polynomial X
6
+ X
4
+ X
2
+ 1 is added
to the calculated HEC octet. The addition of the ATM
Forum polynomial can be disabled.
The resulting calculation is then over-written on the
HEC field and the ATM cell is ready (i.e., complies
with the IMA transmit protocol) for transmission over
the PCM Interface.
In cases where the TC block requests a cell to be
transferred to any of the PCM Interfaces and the TX
UTOPIA FIFO has no cell ready for transmission,
then the TC block will automatically send an IDLE
cell (in UNI) or a Filler cell (in IMA mode) to the line.
The default values for the Idle and the Filler cells
comply with the ATM IMA Specification and are pre-
loaded in the MT90221 following a reset. The
TX
Cell RAM Control
register can be used to re-
initialize the TX Cell RAM.
2.2.1
The internal TX Cell Ram can hold up to 64 cells.
The following six cells are reserved for MT90221
operation:
one ICP cell for each IMA Group for a total of
four cells
TX Cell Ram and TX FIFO Length
Figure 3 - Functional Block Diagram -Transmitter in IMA Mode
ATM In
Cell_In_Control
Cell RAM
FIFO Link 0
(see Note 1)
P/S
P/S
P/S
Link 0
Serial
Streams
Link 1
Transmitter
UTOPIA L2 Interface
Filler Cell
Idle Cell
ICP Cell Group 1
ICP Cell Group 2
ICP Cell Group 3
ICP Cell Group 4
Next ICP Cell Group 1
Next ICP Cell Group 2
Next ICP Cell Group 3
Next ICP Cell Group 4
ICP Cell Modifier and
Cell Scrambling
ICP Cell Modifier and
Cell Scrambling
ICP Cell Modifier and
Cell Scrambling
Link 3
ICP Cell Handler
from IDCR Generator
Micro I/F
FIFO Link 1
(see Note 1)
FIFO Link 3
(see Note 1)
ICP Cell Buffer RAM
TX Utopia FIFO
Group 3
TX Utopia FIFO
Group 0
Round Robin Scheduler
and FIFO Selection
and Adaptive Shaper
(1 of 4)
IDCR Generator
(1 of 4)
Transmitter
Reference
Link Timing
to Cell_In_Control
Note 1: This FIFO is the
TX UTOPIA FIFO when
the link is configured in
UNI Mode and it is the
TX LINK FIFO when it is
configured in IMA Mode.