CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Terms and definitions       
 4     Abbreviations   
 5     Characteristics and performance of the system      
        5.1     Characteristics and performance of the digital line sections  
        5.2     Characteristics and performance of the optical sections       
        5.3     System reliability performance        
 6     Characteristics and performance of the terminal equipment
        6.1     General  
        6.2     Transmission performance  
        6.3     Actions consequent to an alarm      
        6.4     Automatic switching           
 7     Characteristics and performance of the repeater   
        7.1     Characteristics of the signal at the optical interface  
        7.2     Jitter performance  
 8     Characteristics and performance of the cable        
        8.1     Transmission characteristics           
        8.2     Mechanical characteristics and resistance to the environment           
        8.3     Electrical characteristics     
Annex A – Implementation of regenerative optical fibre submarine cable systems    
        A.1     Introduction          
        A.2     System configuration         
        A.3     Characteristics of the line signal     
        A.4     System operation  
        A.5     Repeater and branching unit characteristics