Table of Contents

 1     Scope            
 2     References   
 3     Definitions   
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation     
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms  
 5     Methodology              
        5.1     Basic methodology         
        5.2     Transmission layer naming            
        5.3     Atomic function naming and diagrammatic conventions       
        5.4     Reference point naming 
        5.5     Reference point information naming          
        5.6     Atomic function process allocation             
        5.7     Combination rules           
        5.8     Fault management and performance monitoring naming      
        5.9     Fault management and performance monitoring specification techniques         
 6     Supervision  
        6.1     Trail termination point mode and port mode             
        6.2     Defect filter       
        6.3     Consequent actions         
        6.4     Defect correlations          
        6.5     One-second performance monitoring filters               
 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     Performance supervision process 
        8.4     BIP correction  
        8.5     GFP processes   
 9     Performance and reliability      
        9.1     Transit delay     
        9.2     Response times
        9.3     Availability and reliability              
        9.4     Laser safety      
10     Generic equipment functions 
       10.1     LCAS-capable virtual concatenated path layer functions P-Xv-L (X ³ 1)         
Annex A – Assignment and use of signal label, payload type and user payload identifier codes    
        A.1     Experimental code          
        A.2     Proprietary codes            
        A.3     Request for standardized codes   
Annex B – P-Xv/P-X-L_A_Sk: Calculation of RI_MST_gen for _LCASActive = true    
Appendix I – Connection matrix examples    
        I.1     Connection matrix example for full connectivity      
        I.2     Connection matrix example for 2-port groups           
        I.3     Connection matrix example for 3-port groups type I               
        I.4     Connection matrix example for 3-port groups type II              
        I.5     Connection matrix example for 4-port groups type I               
        I.6     Connection matrix example for 4-port groups type II              
        I.7     Example of a provisioned connection matrix            
        I.8     Connection matrix example for 3-port groups (address slot group switching)     
        I.9     Connection matrix example for 4-port groups (address slot group switching)     
Appendix II – Example of remote indication operation    
       II.1     Remote defect indication (RDI)   
       II.2     Remote error indication (REI)       
Appendix III – Alarm indication signal (AIS)    
Appendix IV – Signal fail (SF) and signal degrade (SD)    
       IV.1     Server signal fail (SSF) signal       
       IV.2     Server signal degrade (SSD) signal              
       IV.3     Trail signal fail (TSF) signal          
       IV.4     Trail signal degrade (TSD) signal 
Appendix V – Description of error detection code (EDC) terminology N × BIP-m    
Appendix VI – Calculations leading to BIP saturation results in Tables 6-4 and 6-5    
       VI.1     Introduction    
       VI.2     Calculations and results
Appendix VII – Examples for the operation of the processes within LCAS-capable adaptation functions    
      VII.1     Basic configuration       
      VII.2     LCAS-enabled So and Sk functions          
      VII.3     LCAS-enabled So and LCAS-disabled Sk functions              
      VII.4     LCAS-disabled So and LCAS-enabled Sk functions              
      VII.5     Non-virtual-concatenation So and LCAS-capable virtual-concatenation Sk functions 
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Appendix VIII – Consequent actions for signals with no AIS/FDI defined    
Appendix IX  Types of flow forwarding processes    
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