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                                                           Stacking & aligning
                  Figure 4-4                TU 2
                                     One
                  Mapping and        T2
                  aligning into TU          TU 2                                Multiplexing
                  group 2
                                                  TU 12
                                        Three E1s
                                                                            Tributary Unit
                                                  TU 12
                                                                              Group 2
                                                 TU 12


                                                       TU 11


                                                      TU 11
                                           Four T1s

                                                      TU 11


                                                      TU 11








                  Figure 4-5
                  The process of
                                                Seven T2’s
                  creating a TU
                  group 3               TU 2   TU 2   TU 2   TU 2
                                                                                     TU Group 3
                                             TU 2   TU 2
                                                                                      6   7
                                                                                     5  4  3  2  1
                                                      or:


                                             E3/T3   TU 3
   102   103   104   105   106   107   108   109   110   111   112