CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     References
 3     Terminology
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Classification of optical interfaces
        5.1     Applications
                  5.1.1     Application codes for systems without line amplifiers
                  5.1.2     Application codes for systems with line amplifiers
        5.2     Implementation
                  5.2.1     Reference configurations
                  5.2.2     Optical supervisory channel implementations
 6     Parameter definitions
        6.1     Individual transmitter outputs
                  6.1.1     Spectral characteristics
                  6.1.2     Mean launched power
                  6.1.3     Extinction ratio
                  6.1.4     Eye pattern mask
                  6.1.5     Central frequency
                  6.1.6     Channel spacing
                  6.1.7     Central frequency deviation
        6.2     Individual channel input ports
        6.3     Optical interface at points MPI-S and S'
                  6.3.1     Optical transmit-side crosstalk
                  6.3.2     Channel output power
                  6.3.3     Total launched power
                  6.3.4     Channel optical signal-to-noise ratio
                  6.3.5     Maximum channel power difference at point MPI-S or point S'
        6.4     Optical path
                  6.4.1     Attenuation
                  6.4.2     Dispersion
                  6.4.3     Reflections
        6.5     Optical line amplifier parameters
                  6.5.1     Multichannel gain variation
                  6.5.2     Multichannel gain tilt
                  6.5.3     Multichannel gain-change difference
                  6.5.4     Total received power
                  6.5.5     Total launched power
                  6.5.6     Signal spontaneous noise figure
        6.6     Optical interface at points MPI-R and R'
                  6.6.1     Mean channel input power
                  6.6.2     Mean total input power
                  6.6.3     Channel optical signal-to-noise ratio
                  6.6.4     Optical crosstalk at points MPI-R and R'
                  6.6.5     Maximum channel power difference at point MPI-R or at point R'
        6.7     Individual channel output ports
                  6.7.1     Optical crosstalk at individual channel output ports
        6.8     Individual receiver inputs
                  6.8.1     Receiver sensitivity
                  6.8.2     Receiver overload
                  6.8.3     Optical path penalty
                  6.8.4     Receiver reflectance
                  6.8.5     Optical signal-to-noise ratio
                  6.8.6     Receiver wavelength range
        6.9     Optical supervisory channel parameters
                  6.9.1     Optical supervisory channel wavelength
 7     Optical interface parameter values
Annex A – Nominal central frequencies
Annex B – Alternative optical supervisory channel approaches
        B.1     OSC at 1480 nm
        B.2     OSC in 1310 nm band
        B.3     OSC within EDFA gain bandwidth
Appendix I – Methodology for derivation of optical power levels
        I.1     Channel power
                  I.1.1     Minimum channel power
                  I.1.2     Maximum channel power
                  I.1.3     Maximum range for channel power
        I.2     Maximum total power
Appendix II – Selection of the minimum channel spacing and grid reference frequency for the WDM plan
       II.1     50 GHz/100 GHz spacing and 193.10 THz reference
       II.2     Absolute frequency reference (AFR)
                 II.2.1     AFR accuracy
                 II.2.2     AFR stability
Appendix III – Suggested channel frequency allocations for applications on G.652/G.655 fibres
Appendix IV – Suggested channel frequency allocations for applications on G.653 fibres
Appendix V – A channel-allocation methodology for applications on G.653 fibre  based on unequal channel spacing
        V.1     How to determine unequally-spaced channel frequencies
                  V.1.1     Basic design conditions
                  V.1.2     Determination of frequency slot
                  V.1.3     Required optical bandwidth for unequally spaced frequency allocation
        V.2     Unequally spaced channel frequency allocation with 25 GHz frequency slot
        V.3     Unequally spaced channel frequency allocation with 50 GHz frequency slot
        V.4     Unequal channel frequency allocation with 100 GHz frequency slot
        V.5     Impacts of unequal spacing on other parameters
                  V.5.1     Frequency deviation for unequal spacing with frequency offset
                  V.5.2     Power Levels
        V.6     Bibliography
Appendix VI – Use of pre-equalisation at MPI-S
Appendix VII – Extension of G.692 to include bidirectional WDM transmission
Appendix VIII – Extension of G.692 to include 16- and 32- or more channel transmission
Appendix IX – Extension of G.692 to include STM-64 bit-rate