CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Terms and definitions       
        3.1     Terms defined in other Recommendations   
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation       
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms        
 5     Test methods    
        5.1     Test methods for characteristics of fibre cable sections following installation 
        5.2     Test methods for verification of service contracts or transmission at particular bit rates    
Appendix I – PMD calculations of concatenated cable sections     
Appendix II – Measurement of the output Stokes vector rotation with time    
Appendix III – Optical path parameters specified in ITU-T Recommendations    
Bibliography