1    
Scope  
 2     References  
 3     Terms and definitions        
 4     Abbreviations    
 5     Conventions      
        5.1     SDH-specific transmission layer names        
        5.2     Performance and reliability  
 6     Supervision 
        6.1     Trail termination
point mode and port mode 
        6.2     Defects    
        6.3     Consequent actions 
        6.4     Defect correlations  
        6.5     One-second performance monitoring filter   
 7     Information flow (XXX_MI) across the XXX_MP reference points           
 8     Generic processes            
        8.1     Line coding and scrambling processes         
        8.2     Alignment processes           
        8.3     Signal quality supervision processes 
        8.4     BIP correction processes    
 9     STM-N physical section layer (N = 1, 4, 16, 64, 256)      
        9.1     Connection functions           
        9.2     Termination functions          
        9.3     Adaptation functions           
        9.4     Sublayer functions (N/A)    
10     STM-N regenerator section layer (N = 1, 4, 16, 64, 256)            
       10.1     Connection functions          
       10.2     Termination functions         
       10.3     Adaptation functions          
       10.4     Sublayer functions  
11     STM-N multiplex section layer (N = 1, 4, 16, 64, 256)    
       11.1     Connection functions          
       11.2     Termination functions         
       11.3     Adaptation functions          
       11.4     Sublayer functions  
12     VC-n path (Sn) layer (n = 4-X, 4, 3-X, 3)           
       12.1     Connection functions          
       12.2     Termination functions         
       12.3     Adaptation functions          
       12.4     Sublayer functions  
       12.5     Virtual concatenation functions       
13     VC-m path (Sm) layer (m = 2, 12, 11)     
       13.1     Connection functions          
       13.2     Termination functions         
       13.3     Adaptation functions          
       13.4     Sublayer functions  
       13.5     Virtual concatenation functions       
14     Timing functions   
15     Specification of jitter and wander 
       15.1     STM-N interfaces 
       15.2     PDH interfaces      
       15.3     Jitter and wander measurement      
16     Overhead access function (OHA)            
Annex A – Algorithm for
pointer detection     
        A.1     Pointer
interpretation          
        A.2     Concatenated payloads      
        A.3     Pointer processing flow chart          
Appendix I – Example of F1
byte usage     
Appendix II – Data communications
channel (DCC)     
Appendix III – STM-16
regenerator functional model (example)     
Appendix IV – STM-N transparent
regenerator     
Appendix V – Verification of
SDH equipment CID immunity     
        V.1     Background           
        V.2     Method  
Appendix VI – Enhanced
remote defect indication operation     
      VI.1      VC-4-Xc/VC-4/VC-3 paths         
      VI.2      VC-2/VC-12/VC-11 paths           
       VI.3     Interworking functions        
Appendix VII – STM-64 regenerator jitter accumulation
analyses and hypothetical reference model (HRM)     
      VII.1     Introduction           
      VII.2     STM-64 regenerator hypothetical reference model 
      VII.3     STM-64 (Type A) regenerator jitter accumulation simulation model,
analyses, and results