CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Terms and definitions       
        3.1     Definitions 
        3.2     Terms defined in other Recommendations   
 4     Abbreviations   
 5     General optical safety considerations        
        5.1     Safety considerations for avoiding damage to the human eye and skin          
        5.2     Safety considerations to avoid ignition        
 6     Procedures and guidelines
        6.1     General  
        6.2     APR procedures    
Appendix I – Examples of APR architectures for systems (including those based upon Raman amplification) deploying an OSC    
        I.1     Introduction
        I.2     Description of APR procedure using co-propagating OSC  
        I.3     Description of APR procedure using counter-propagating OSC       
Appendix II – Considerations on optical safety mechanisms for systems employing Raman amplification    
Appendix III – Description of ALS/APSD procedures for single-channel point-to-point SDH systems    
      III.1     Introduction           
      III.2    Single-channel point-to-point SDH without line amplifiers    
      III.3     Single-channel point-to-point SDH with line amplifiers