1 Scope
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References
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Terms and definitions
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Acronyms and abbreviations
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Conventions
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Network adapter overview
6.1 Functional description
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Detailed description of the basic functions
7.1 MPEG Physical Interface (MPI)
7.1.1 Basic characteristics
7.1.2 Additional characteristics for System A
(European system)
7.2 MPEG/ATM Adaptation (MAA)
7.2.1 Signal processing in the transmitter
(Signal flow from b to c in Figure 1)
7.2.2 Signal processing in the receiver (Signal
flow from c to b in Figure 1)
7.3 Virtual Path Entity (VPE)
7.3.1
Signal processing in the transmitter (Signal flow from c to d in Figure
1)
7.3.2 Signal processing in the receiver (Signal
flow from d to c in Figure 1)
7.4 Virtual Path Multiplexing Entity (VPME)
7.4.1
Signal processing in the transmitter (Signal flow from d to e in Figure
1)
7.4.2 Signal processing in the receiver (Signal
flow from e to d in Figure 1)
7.5 PDH Path Layer Trail Termination (Pqs_TT)
7.6 PDH Physical Section Layer to PDH Path Layer Adaptation
(Eq/Pqs_A)
7.7 PDH Physical Section Layer Trail Termination (Eq_TT)
7.8 Equipment Management Function (EMF)
7.8.1 Overview of the EMF
7.8.2
Configuration
7.8.3 Fault (maintenance) management
7.8.4 Performance management
Appendix I – Mechanisms of the
adaptive clock method
Appendix II – Enabling/disabling the
Header Error Control functions
Appendix III – Transmission capacity
of the Network Adapter