1
Scope
2 References
3 Terms and definitions
4 Abbreviations
5 Transport entities in the OTN
5.1 General introduction
5.2 Bidirectional transport entities
and uni-directional monitoring
6 Performance monitoring
capabilities in the OTN
6.1 Optical impairments and digital
error performance
6.2 Monitored layer signals
6.3 ODUk and OTUk overhead
6.4 In-Service Monitoring and
Out-of-Service Measurement
7 Error performance events and
parameters
7.1 Severely Errored Seconds and
Background Block Errors
7.2 FEC Corrected Errors
8 Availability
9 Network
reference model
10 Error performance objectives
10.1 Error performance objectives for
the HROP
10.2 Error performance objectives for
the domains of a real path
10.3 Error performance objectives for
the section
11 Performance limits – General considerations
11.1 Relationship between performance
limits and performance objectives
11.2 Types of limits
12 Bringing-Into-Service procedures and limits
12.1 Calculation of the BIS limits
13 Performance levels and limits for maintenance
13.1 Calculation of limits for maintenance