CONTENTS

 1     General
        1.1     Scope
        1.2     Configuration
        1.3     Application
        1.4     Abbreviations
 2     Modelling and relationship between the digital section and the ET
 3     Functions
        3.1     B-channel
        3.2     H0-channel
        3.3     H1-channel
        3.4     D-channel
        3.5     Bit timing
        3.6     Octet timing
        3.7     Frame alignment
        3.8     CRC procedure
        3.9     M-channel
       3.10     Power feeding
       3.11     Operation and maintenance
 4     Network performance
        4.1     Availability
        4.2     Signal transfer delay
        4.3     Error performance
        4.4     Jitter
 5     Operation and maintenance
        5.1     General
        5.2     Control facilities
        5.3     Monitoring
 6     Operation and maintenance procedures
        6.1     Partitioning of functions
        6.2     Definitions of signals at the T reference point
        6.3     Definition of DS state machine
        6.4     Definition of ET layer 1 state machine
Annex A  –  System management requirements
        A.1     Introduction
        A.2     System management requirements
Annex B  –  Allocation of signal codings and DS state transition tables for option 2 according to Recommen-dation I.604 at 2 Mbit/s
        B.1     Introduction
        B.2     DS state transition table
        B.3     Coding of signals at V3 reference point
        B.4     Allocation of signal elements to functional elements
        B.5     Indication of CRC-4 errors detected at the T reference point to the ET
Annex C  –  Allocation of signal codings and DS state transition tables for option 3 according to Recommen-dation I.604 at 2 Mbit/s
        C.1     Introduction
        C.2     Signals at the V3 reference point
        C.3     Definition of function elements (FEs) at the V3 reference point
        C.4     FEs at the V3 reference point
        C.5     Performance criteria
        C.6     Access digital section (DS) state machine