An optical carrier data rate that is a multiple of the fundamental SONET rate of 51.84 Mbits/sec.
OC-3 (155 Mbits/sec), OC-12 (622 Mbits/sec), OC-48 (2488 Mbits/sec) and OC-192 (9953 Mbits/sec) are currently in common use. See Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
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