CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     References
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     SDH management network
        5.1     Management network organizational model
        5.2     Relationship between SMN, SMS and TMN
                  5.2.1     Access to the SMS
                  5.2.2     SDH management subnetwork architecture
        5.3     SMS topology and reference models
                  5.3.1     ECC topology for the SDH management subnetwork
                  5.3.2     Message routing at SDH NE sites
                  5.3.3     SMS reference models
 6     Information model
 7     Management functions
        7.1     General functions
                  7.1.1     Embedded control channel (ECC) management
                  7.1.2     Security
                  7.1.3     Software
                  7.1.4     Remote log-in
                  7.1.5     Time-stamping
        7.2     Fault (maintenance) management
                  7.2.1     Fault cause persistency filter
                  7.2.2     Alarm surveillance
                  7.2.3     Alarm history management
                  7.2.4     Testing
                  7.2.5     External events
        7.3     Performance monitoring
                  7.3.1     Performance monitoring event process
                  7.3.2     Performance data collection
                  7.3.3     Performance data collection during unavailable time
                  7.3.4     Availability data collection
                  7.3.5     Performance monitoring history
                  7.3.6     Use of thresholds
                  7.3.7     Performance data reporting
                  7.3.8     Additional monitored events
                  7.3.9     Performance monitoring resource assignment
        7.4     Configuration management
                  7.4.1     Provisioning (protection switching)
                  7.4.2     Status and control (protection switching)
                  7.4.3     Installation functions
                  7.4.4     Provisioning and reporting (trace identifier processes)
                  7.4.5     Provisioning and reporting (payload structures)
                  7.4.6     Provisioning (matrix connections)
                  7.4.7     Provisioning (EXC/DEG thresholds)
                  7.4.8     Provisioning and reporting (Portmode, TPmode)
                  7.4.9     Provisioning (XXX_Reported)
                 7.4.10     Provisioning and reporting (Synchronization)
        7.5     Security management
 8     Protocol stack
        8.1     Description
                  8.1.1     ECC protocol stack description
        8.2     Protocol specifications
                  8.2.1     Physical layer protocol specification
                  8.2.2     Data link layer protocol specification
                  8.2.3     Network layer protocol specification
                  8.2.4     Transport layer protocol specification
                  8.2.5     Session layer
                  8.2.6     Presentation layer
                  8.2.7     Application layer
 9     ECC interworking
        9.1     Introduction
        9.2     Interworking between the SMS and DCN
        9.3     Network layer relay overview
10     Operations interfaces
       10.1     Q-interface
       10.2     F-interface
Annex A – Definitions of Errored Seconds Types A and B and Failure
        A.1     Introduction
        A.2     Errored Seconds – Type A and B
        A.3     Failure Counts
Appendix I – Performance monitoring applications