CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     References
 3     Terms and definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Application of the G.805 layering concept
        5.1     Multiplexing of multiple clients
        5.2     Support of ATM over SDH
        5.3     Concatenation
                  5.3.1     Contiguous concatenation
                  5.3.2     Virtual concatenation
                  5.3.3     Interworking between contiguous and virtual concatenation
 6     Connection supervision
        6.1     Inherent monitoring
        6.2     Non-intrusive monitoring
        6.3     Sublayer monitoring
 7     SDH transport network availability enhancement techniques
        7.1     SDH multiplex section protection
                  7.1.1     SDH multiplex section 1+1 protection
                  7.1.2     SDH multiplex section 1:N protection
                  7.1.3     SDH multiplex section shared protection rings
                  7.1.4     SDH multiplex section dedicated rings
        7.2     SDH subnetwork connection protection examples
 8     Architecture of synchronization networks
        8.1     Introduction
        8.2     Synchronization network aspects
                  8.2.1     Synchronization methods
                  8.2.2     Synchronization network architecture
                  8.2.3     Synchronization modes
                  8.2.4     Synchronization network reference chain
                  8.2.5     Synchronization strategy
                  8.2.6     Synchronization network evolution
                  8.2.7     Synchronization network robustness
        8.3     Payload jitter and wander
                  8.3.1     SDH network model for pointer activity simulation
                  8.3.2     Jitter at a SDH/PDH boundary
        8.4     PDH/SDH interworking implications
 9     Selection of a primary rate mapping
Appendix I – Client server associations of SDH layer networks
Appendix II – Introduction of SDH-based transport networks
       II.1     General
       II.2     Types of client layer signals
                 II.2.1     SDH case
                 II.2.2     PDH case
       II.3     Initial introduction of SDH-based equipment
       II.4     Interworking between PDH- and SDH-based transport networks
                 II.4.1     Interworking levels
                 II.4.2     SDH overlay
                 II.4.3     SDH DXC/ADMs
                 II.4.4     SDH line systems
       II.5     Introduction of STM-N interfaces on 64 kbit/s switches (and DXCs)
Appendix III – Guidelines for synchronization network engineering
      III.1     Introduction
      III.2     Purpose of the synchronization network
      III.3     Requirements for synchronization networks
      III.4     Analysis of synchronization networks
      III.5     PRC-Level options
      III.6     SSU-Level solutions
                III.6.1     Checking reference provisionings at the SSU-Level
                III.6.2     Absolute frequency offset guarding
      III.7     SEC-Level solutions
                III.7.1     Application of the SSM protocol in the SSU-Level
                III.7.2     Examples of SEC subnetworks with SSM parameters
      III.8     Synthesis of the synchronization network
      III.9     Definitions used in Appendix III