Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     Individual and group protection concept     
        6.1     Individual protection
        6.2     Group protection       
 7     Architecture and traffic types           
        7.1     Protection classes      
        7.2     Traffic types 
        7.3     Architecture types     
 8     Switching types      
 9     Operation types     
10     Switching protocol and ring topology information  
11     Functional models for ring protection          
       11.1     Functional models for SLRing
       11.2     Functional models for DLRing               
12     Multi-ring scenario              
13     Protection switching performance
14     Hold-off timer        
15     Wait-to-restore timer         
16     Automatic protection switching (APS) signal             
17     Blank clause            
18     External commands             
19     Automatic commands        
20     Priority      
21     SF and SD trigger conditions             
22     Mechanisms to prevent misconnections    
       22.1     Circuit-switched technologies              
       22.2     Packet switched technologies