Summary

This Recommendation provides guidelines and principles for the integration of digital radio-relay and satellite systems into SDH based transport networks. It focuses on the functional and architectural aspects of the integration from a network perspective, with the objective of ensuring compatibility in terms of the information transfer capability of SDH signal elements and inter-system management commonality. It does not consider the internal composition, or implementation specific details of digital radio-relay and satellite systems, which are the subject of the relevant ITU-R Recommendations.