1 Introduction
2
Characteristics and performance of the system
2.1 Characteristics and performance of the digital line sections
2.2 Characteristics and performance of the optical sections
2.3 System reliability performance
3
Characteristics and performance of the terminal equipment
3.1 General
3.2 Transmission performance
3.3 Actions consequent to an alarm
3.4 Automatic switching
4
Characteristics and performance of the repeater
4.1 Characteristics of the signal at the optical interface
4.2 Jitter performance
5
Characteristics and performance of the cable
5.1 Transmission characteristics
5.2 Mechanical characteristics and resistance to the environment
5.3 Electrical characteristics
Annex A – Implementation of
regenerative optical fibre submarine cable systems
A.1 Introduction
A.2 System configuration
A.3 Characteristics of the line signal
A.4 System operation
A.5 Repeater and branching unit characteristics
A.6 Manufacturing and installation
A.7 Maintenance