CONTENTS

 1     Scope  
 2     References
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms       
 5     VACME functions          
 6     Reference model 
 7     VACME functional description  
        7.1     VACME functional model
 8     Interfaces   
        8.1     Transmission interface – Trunk side         
        8.2     ATM interface       
        8.3     Local alarms interface       
 9     Signal processing functions        
        9.1     Trunk channels      
        9.2     Low rate encoding (LRE) 
        9.3     Digital speech interpolation          
        9.4     Facsimile remodulation    
        9.5     Comfort noise insertion    
        9.6     Packet loss concealment   
10     Signalling support          
11     ATM adaptation layers  
       11.1     AAL type 1 mapping        
       11.2     AAL type 2 mapping        
12     ATM multiplexing and cross-connect    
       12.1     ATM multiplexing           
       12.2     ATM cross-connect (optional)     
13     Traffic load control (for further study)  
       13.1     Dynamic load control (for further study) 
14     Operations and maintenance functions  
       14.1     Facility alarm handling    
Bibliography