ITU-T Rec. G.784 – SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL HIERARCHY (SDH) MANAGEMENT
FOREWORD
1 Introduction
2 Abbreviations and definitions
    2.1 Abbreviations
    2.2 Definitions
        2.2.1 data communications channel (DCC)
        2.2.2 embedded control channel (ECC)
        2.2.3 SDH management network (SMN)
        2.2.4 SDH management sub-network (SMS)
        2.2.5 management application function (MAF)
        2.2.6 manager
        2.2.7 agent
        2.2.8 managed object (MO)
        2.2.9 managed object class (MOC)
        2.2.10 message communications function (MCF)
        2.2.11 operations system function or mediation function (OSF/MF)
        2.2.12 network element function (NEF)
        2.2.13 operations system or mediation device (OS/MD)
        2.2.14 network element (NE)
3 SDH management network
    3.1 Management network organizational model
    3.2 Relationship between SMN, SMS and TMN
        3.2.1 Access to the SMS
        3.2.2 SDH management sub-network architecture
    3.3 SMS topology and reference models
        3.3.1 ECC topology for the SDH management sub-network
        3.3.2 Message routing at SDH NE sites
        3.3.3 SMS reference models
4 Information model
5 Management functions
    5.1 General functions
        5.1.1 Embedded control channel (ECC) management
        5.1.2 Security
        5.1.3 Software
        5.1.4 Remote login
        5.1.5 Time-stamping
    5.2 Fault (maintenance) management
        5.2.1 Alarm surveillance
        5.2.2 Testing
        5.2.3 External events
    5.3 Performance management
        5.3.1 Performance monitoring
    5.4 Configuration management
        5.4.1 Provisioning
        5.4.2 Status and control (protection switching)
        5.4.3 Installation functions
    5.5 Security management
6 Protocol stack
    6.1 Description
        6.1.1 ECC protocol stack description
    6.2 Protocol specifications
        6.2.1 Physical layer protocol specification
        6.2.2 Data link layer protocol specification
        6.2.3 Network layer protocol description
        6.2.4 Transport layer protocol specification
        6.2.5 Session layer
        6.2.6 Presentation layer
7 EEC Interworking
    7.1 Introduction
    7.2 Interworking between the SMS and DCN
    7.3 Network layer relay overview
8 Operations interfaces
    8.1 Q- interface
    8.2 F-interface
ANNEX A – Support object, attributes and messages
A.1 ECC
A.2 Alarms
A.3 Performance monitoring
A.4 Protection switching control
A.5 Configuration
A.6 Security
A.7 Testing
A.8 External events
A.9 Software download
A.10 Remote login
A.11 Detailed network model
ANNEX B – Network layer protocol procedures
ANNEX C – A mechanism to eliminate routing control administration in the SMS
C.1 Data link layer protocol description
C.2 Physical layer description
ANNEX D – Object model overview
References