Summary

ITU-T Recommendation G.972 applies to optical fibre submarine cable systems. The purpose of this Recommendation is to provide definitions of terms relevant to optical fibre submarine cable systems, including terms relevant to system configuration, system aspects, terminal equipment, optical submarine repeaters and branching units, optical fibre submarine cable, manufacturing and installation, and the maintenance of the submarine portion. Appendix I is the alphabetical list of terms defined in this Recommendation.