Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for routing traffic. One exemplary system includes a muxponder module deployed in an optical network, the muxponder having an optical receiver, a first and second electrical port, a demultiplexer having a built-in digital cross-connect, and a processor accessing a first calculated carrier frequency to assign traffic streams associated with a first service identification code to a first and second host lane of the first electrical port, and a second calculated carrier frequency to assign traffic streams associated with a second service identification code to a third and fourth host lane of the second electrical port, and having logic to control the digital cross-connect to route a first and a second traffic stream to the first electrical port based on the first service identification code, and a third and a fourth traffic stream to the second electrical port based on the second service identification code.

Abstract: To avoid signal quality degradation in resynchronization procedures, a base station and a mobile station do not adjust their timing simultaneously. Generally, a timer or a clock in each of the mobile and base stations is not adjusted at the same time. For example, the timing of the base station may be changed during a first time interval while that of the mobile station may be changed during a second, different time interval. In one example, non-limiting embodiment, a radio network controller determines the difference between the base station timing and the timing of the radio network controller. If that difference exceeds a threshold, the radio network controller determines a timing adjustment based upon the difference. The timing adjustment is communicated to the base station which incrementally adjusts its timing during a first set of time intervals. The mobile station detects the base station timing and adjusts its own timing during a second set of intervals.