CONTENTS

 

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Definitions  
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere    
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms        
 5     Conventions     
 6     Characteristics and performance of the system      
        6.1     Characteristics and performance of the digital line sections  
        6.2     Characteristics and performance of the optical sections       
        6.3     System reliability performance        
 7     Characteristics and performance of the terminal equipment
        7.1     General  
        7.2     Transmission performance  
        7.3     Actions consequent to an alarm      
        7.4     Automatic switching           
 8     Characteristics and performance of the repeater   
        8.1     Characteristics of the signal at the optical interface  
        8.2     Jitter performance  
 9     Characteristics and performance of the cable        
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