Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions 
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions             
 6     Framework
        6.1     Layer 1              
        6.2     Layer 2              
        6.3     Implementation           
        6.4     Operator information
 7     Designations of public switched circuit interconnections       
        7.1     General            
        7.2     Telephone-type circuits            
        7.3     Circuit used for switched telex and telegraph services
        7.4     Interconnecting circuits in the public switched data network   
        7.5     Related information   
 8     Related information for public switched circuit interconnections      
        8.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]           
        8.2     Terminal countries [item 2]     
        8.3     Names of network operators/service providers [item 3]           
        8.4     Control station (sub-control station(s)) [item 4]             
        8.5     Fault report points [item 5]     
        8.6     Routing [item 6]           
        8.7     Association [item 7]    
        8.8     Equipment information [item 8]            
        8.9     Use [item 9]   
       8.10     Transmission medium information [item 10]  
       8.11     Composition of the transmission [item 11]      
       8.12     Bandwidth or bit rate [item 12]            
       8.13     Signalling type [item 13]          
 9     Designations of fixed (non-switched) circuit interconnections between operators   
        9.1     General            
        9.2     Leased circuit interconnections             
        9.3     Fixed (non-switched) public circuits     
        9.4     Related information   
10     Related information for fixed circuit interconnections          
       10.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]          
       10.2     Terminal countries [item 2]    
       10.3     Names of network operators/service providers [item 3]          
       10.4     Control station (sub-control station(s)) [item 4]            
       10.5     Fault report points [item 5]    
       10.6     Routing [item 6]          
       10.7     Association [item 7]   
       10.8     Equipment information [item 8]          
       10.9     Use [item 9]  
      10.10     Transmission medium information [item 10] 
      10.11     Composition of the transmission [item 11]    
      10.12     Bandwidth or bit rate [item 12]           
      10.13     Signalling type [item 13]         
      10.14     Applicable ITU-T Recommendations [item 14]              
11     Designations of group, supergroup, etc. (bidirectional and unidirectional) interconnections               
       11.1     General          
       11.2     Bidirectional groups, etc.         
       11.3     Unidirectional groups and supergroups            
       11.4     Related information  
12     Designations of group link, supergroup link and line link interconnections   
       12.1     Group and supergroup links  
       12.2     Line links        
       12.3     Related information  
13     Related information for group, group link and line link interconnections      
       13.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]          
       13.2     Terminal countries [item 2]    
       13.3     Names of network operators/service providers [item 3]          
       13.4     Control station sub-control station(s) [item 4]               
       13.5     Fault report points [item 5]    
       13.6     Routing [item 6]          
       13.7     Association [item 7]   
       13.8     Equipment information [item 8]          
       13.9     Use [item 9]  
      13.10     Transmission medium information [item 10] 
      13.11     End-to-end information or operational agreement [item 11]
      13.12     Bandwidth [item 12]
      13.13     Occupancy (for groups/supergroups, etc., and for line links) [item 13]              
14     Designations of digital block (bidirectional and unidirectional) interconnections       
       14.1     General          
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       14.2     Bidirectional digital blocks       
       14.3     Restoration digital blocks        
       14.4     Multiple destination unidirectional digital blocks          
       14.5     Single destination unidirectional digital blocks
       14.6     Related information  
15     Designation of digital path interconnections             
       15.1     Conventional digital paths not connected to their terminal equipment              
       15.2     Restoration digital paths          
       15.3     Digital line sections and digital radio sections  
       15.4     Related information  
16     Designations of routes in the mixed analogue/digital transmission network               
       16.1     Transmission routes with one analogue-to-digital conversion
       16.2     Transmission routes with two analogue-to-digital conversions              
       16.3     Transmission routes with more than two analogue-to-digital conversions        
       16.4     Related information  
17     Designation of data transmission systems  
       17.1     General          
       17.2     Data transmission links             
       17.3     Related information  
18     Designations of digital block interconnections created by the interconnection of digital circuit multiplication equipments (DCMEs)    
       18.1     General          
       18.2     Multi-clique configuration of DCMEs  
       18.3     Low-rate encoding equipment             
       18.4     Related information  
19     Synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)             
       19.1     Designation of multiplex sections of the synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)  
       19.2     Designations of virtual container interconnections      
       19.3     Concatenated virtual containers          
       19.4     Leased circuits based on SDH
20     Related information for digital block, path, data transmission system, block interconnections created by the interconnection of DCMEs, SDH multiplex sections and virtual containers    
       20.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]          
       20.2     Terminal countries [item 2]    
       20.3     Names of network operators/service providers [item 3]          
       20.4     Control station [sub-control station(s)] [item 4]            
       20.5     Fault report points [item 5]    
       20.6     Routing [item 6]          
       20.7     Association [item 7]   
       20.8     Equipment information [item 8]          
       20.9     Use [item 9]  
      20.10     Transmission medium information [item 10] 
      20.11     End-to-end information or composition of transmission or operational agreement [item 11]    
      20.12     Bit rate (for blocks, paths and SDH multiplex sections) [item 12]          
      20.13     Occupancy (except for paths) [item 13]          
      20.14     Actual number of channels and access point identifier [item 14]          
      20.15     Clocking information (for blocks only) [item 15]           
      20.16     Direction of transmission (for unidirectional blocks) [item 16]               
21     Designation of connections for the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)      
       21.1     General          
       21.2     Transport links             
       21.3     Virtual path   
       21.4     Virtual channels (VCAs)           
       21.5     ATM Layer 2  
22     Related information for the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)    
       22.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]          
       22.2     Terminal countries [item 2]    
       22.3     Names of network operators/service providers [item 3]          
       22.4     Control and sub-control station(s) [item 4]     
       22.5     Fault report points [item 5]    
       22.6     Routing [item 6]          
       22.7     Association [item 7]   
       22.8     Equipment information [item 8]          
       22.9     Use [item 9]  
      22.10     Transmission medium information [item 10] 
      22.11     Operational agreement [item 11]      
      22.12     Unassigned item [item 12]    
      22.13     Occupancy [item 13]
      22.14     Direction of transmission (for unidirectional transit network services only) [item 14] 
      22.15     ATM transfer capability [item 15]       
      22.16     Source traffic descriptor [item 16]     
      22.17     Cell delay variation tolerance [item 17]            
      22.18     Quality of service [item 18]   
23     Transit network services    
       23.1     General          
       23.2     Transit digital transmission service      
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       23.3     Transit dark fibre service         
       23.4     Related information  
24     Related information on transit network service       
       24.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]          
       24.2     Terminal countries [item 2]    
       24.3     Names of network operators/service providers [item 3]          
       24.4     Control station [sub-control station(s)] [item 4]            
       24.5     Fault report points [item 5]    
       24.6     Routing [item 6]          
       24.7     Association [item 7]   
       24.8     Equipment information [item 8]          
       24.9     Use [item 9]  
      24.10     Transmission medium information [item 10] 
      24.11     SLA [item 11]               
      24.12     Bit rate [item 12]       
      24.13     Commercial identifier [item 13]          
      24.14     Unassigned item [item 14]    
      24.15     Clocking information [item 15]            
      24.16     Direction of transmission (for unidirectional transit network services only) [item 16] 
25     Designations for wavelength division multiplexing (simple and dense)         
       25.1     General          
       25.2     The equipment           
       25.3     Configurations for the newly created transmission systems    
       25.4     General format for the optical transmission systems  
       25.5     Related information  
26     Related information on DWDM       
27     Designation of connections for the digital subscriber line (DSL)        
       27.1     General          
       27.2     Related information for the ADSL connections              
       27.3     Related information for the SDSL connection 
       27.4     Examples       
28     Exceptional designations   
       28.1     Exceptional designations with intelligence in the serial number             
29     Designation of optical transport networks 
       29.1     General          
       29.2     Data transmission links             
       29.3     Related information  
Annex A – Full examples for designation information    
        A.1     Full example for the designation information of a public switched telephone circuit     
        A.2     Full example for the designation information of a leased analogue circuit         
        A.3     Full examples for the designation information of a group and a group link interconnection    
        A.4     Full examples for the designation information of a digital block, digital path, data transmission system, blocks created between DCMEs, virtual containers and SDH multiplex section interconnections    
Annex B – KLM addressing and its relationship to time slot numbering for virtual containers    
        B.1     KLM addressing relationship to time slot numbering   
        B.2     KLM addressing of VC-4 occupancy     
        B.3     Comparative notation of KLM addressing vs. time slot numbering        
Annex C – Reference clause numbers for the various types of routes    
Annex D – Numbering of channels in data transmission systems    
Annex E – Notification form for List of ITU Carrier Codes    
Annex F – List of all ITU function codes    
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