What is the delay resolution of the SONET Path Delay Network Emulater?
The path delay tester has the ability to *differentially* delay any given path (with respect to all other paths) in increments of one SONET location. Thus, the minimum *differential* delay is 0, and the maximum differential delay is approximately 320ms. The resolution, when dealing with STS-1’s is 1 byte, or ~154.3ns. The resolution when dealing with STS-3c’s is also 1 SONET location. However, since we are dealing with an STS-3c, this is 3 bytes, but the resolution is still ~154.3ns as we are dealing with 3 bytes per SONET location.
