CONTENTS

 

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Definitions  
 4     Abbreviations   
 5     Conventions     
 6     Functional architecture of transport networks        
        6.1     Axioms of the unified architecture   
        6.2     Information
        6.3     Topological components    
        6.4     Topology
        6.5     Transport entities and their properties         
        6.6     Transport information entities         
        6.7     Transport processing functions       
        6.8     Reference points    
        6.9     Layer relationships 
 7     Identity and identifiers      
        7.1     Identifiers  
 8     Transparency and impairments     
 9     Sublayers   
        9.1     Channel forwarding
        9.2     Destination forwarding       
Annex A – Definition and properties of a system     
        A.1     Introduction          
        A.2     Information systems          
        A.3     Basic transfer function and telecommunications network     
Appendix I – Use of identifiers     
        I.1        Use of identifiers  
Appendix II – Relationships between architectural entities