A SONET OC-1 Channel Can Carry 672 Voice Signals and Has

question 43

Multiple Choice

A SONET OC-1 channel can carry 672 voice signals and has a data rate of 51.84 Mbps. A SONET OC-48 channel can carry 32,256 voice channels. What MINIMUM data rate is required for the OC-48 channel?

• A) 155 Mbps
• B) 622 Mbps
• C) 2.5 Gbps
• D) 5 Gbps
• E) 10 Gbps

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