CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Terms and definitions       
        3.1     Definitions 
        3.2     Terms defined in other Recommendations   
 4     Abbreviations   
 5     Classification of optical interfaces 
 6     Parameter definitions        
        6.1     System operating wavelength range
        6.2     Transmitter
        6.3     Optical path           
        6.4     Receiver 
 7     Optical parameter values for SDH applications     
 8     Optical engineering approach       
        8.1     Design assumptions
        8.2     Worst-case design approach          
        8.3     Statistical design approach 
        8.4     Upgradeability considerations         
        8.5     Joint engineering    
Annex A – System operating wavelength considerations    
        A.1     Operating wavelength ranges determined by fibre attenuation         
        A.2     Operating wavelength ranges determined by fibre dispersion          
Annex B – Measurement of the mask of the eye diagram of the optical transmit signal    
        B.1     Measurement set-up          
        B.2     Transfer function of the optical reference receiver   
Appendix I – Methods for measuring reflections    
        I.1        Optical continuous-wave reflectometer     
        I.2        Optical time-domain reflectometer
Appendix II – Implementation of the Consecutive Identical Digit (CID)  immunity measurement    
       II.1     Introduction           
       II.2     Method   
Appendix III – Possible method for evaluating aging margin contribution in receiver sensitivity specifications    
      III.1     Receiver sensitivity and eye opening           
      III.2     S/X test method     
Appendix IV – Upgradeability examples    
       IV.1     Example 1
       IV.2     Example 2