The general communication channel (GCC) was defined by G.709 is an in-band side channel used to carry transmission management and signaling information within optical transport network elements.
Two types of GCC are available: In contrast to SONET/SDH where the data communication channel (DCC) has a constant data rate, GCC data rate depends on the OTN line rate.
For example, GCC0 data rate in the case of OTU1 is ~333 kbit/s, and for OTU2 its data rate is ~1.3 Mbit/s.
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