Table of Contents

 1     Scope            
 2     References   
 3     Definitions   
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms  
 5     Conventions
 6     OTN layer hierarchy, domains, topology and connections
        6.1     Network overview            
        6.2     Layer networks
        6.3     OTN OAM functions       
 7     Operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning              
        7.1     OAM applications           
        7.2     TMN access      
        7.3     Timing function               
        7.4     Control plane access       
        7.5     Connection management              
 8     Protection switching   
        8.1     Linear protection             
        8.2     Shared ring protection     
        8.3     Shared mesh protection  
 9     Interface ports on optical transport network equipment    
        9.1     I-NNI  
        9.2     E-NNI 
        9.3     UNI     
10     Basic OTN equipment types   
       10.1     3R regeneration compound function         
       10.2     OTN network termination unit (NTU)        
       10.3     Wavelength Add/Drop Multiplexer (WADM)           
       10.4     Wavelength cross connect (WXC)              
       10.5     Sub-wavelength cross connect (SWXC)     
       10.6     Optical amplifier             
11     OTN and packet transport network (PTN) hybrid equipment          
Appendix I – ODU multiplexing considerations