CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 
2     References 
 3     Definitions  
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms        
 5     Conventions     
 6     Framework
        6.1     Layer 1  
        6.2     Layer 2  
        6.3     Implementation      
        6.4     Operator information         
 7     Designations of public switched circuit interconnections     
        7.1     General  
        7.2     Telephone-type circuits      
        7.3     Circuit used for switched telex and telegraph services         
        7.4     Interconnecting circuits in the public switched data network
        7.5     Related information
 8     Related information for public switched circuit interconnections     
        8.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]     
        8.2     Terminal countries [item 2] 
        8.3     Names of Network operators/service providers [item 3]     
        8.4     Control station (sub-control station(s)) [item 4]       
        8.5     Fault report points [item 5] 
        8.6     Routing [item 6]     
        8.7     Association [item 7]           
        8.8     Equipment information [item 8]       
        8.9     Use [item 9]          
       8.10     Transmission medium information [item 10]           
       8.11     Composition of the transmission [item 11] 
       8.12     Bandwidth or bit rate [item 12]     
       8.13     Signalling type [item 13]    
 9     Designations of fixed (non-switched) circuit interconnections between operators    
        9.1     General  
        9.2     Leased circuit interconnections       
        9.3     Fixed (non-switched) public circuits           
        9.4     Related information
10     Related information for fixed circuit interconnections        
       10.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]    
       10.2     Terminal countries [item 2]
       10.3     Names of Network operators/service providers [item 3]    
       10.4     Control station (sub-control station(s)) [item 4]      
       10.5     Fault report points [item 5]
       10.6     Routing [item 6]    
       10.7     Association [item 7]          
       10.8     Equipment information [item 8]      
       10.9     Use [item 9]         
      10.10     Transmission medium information [item 10]          
      10.11     Composition of the transmission [item 11]
      10.12     Bandwidth or bit rate [item 12]    
      10.13     Signalling type [item 13]   
      10.14     Applicable ITU-T Recommendations [item 14]    
11     Designations of group, supergroup, etc. (bidirectional and unidirectional) interconnections 
       11.1     General 
       11.2     Bidirectional groups, etc.   
       11.3     Unidirectional groups and supergroups      
       11.4     Related information           
12     Designations of group link, supergroup link and line link interconnections  
       12.1     Group and supergroup links          
       12.2     Line links  
       12.3     Related information           
13     Related information for group, group link and line link interconnections     
       13.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]    
       13.2     Terminal countries [item 2]
       13.3     Names of Network operators/service providers [item 3]    
       13.4     Control station [sub-control station(s) [item 4]       
       13.5     Fault report points [item 5]
       13.6     Routing [item 6]    
       13.7     Association [item 7]          
       13.8     Equipment information [item 8]      
       13.9     Use [item 9]         
      13.10     Transmission medium information [item 10]          
      13.11     End-to-end information or Operational Agreement [item 11]         
      13.12     Bandwidth [item 12]        
      13.13     Occupancy (for groups/supergroups, etc., and for line links) [item 13]       
14     Designations of digital block (bidirectional and unidirectional) interconnections      
       14.1     General 
       14.2     Bidirectional digital blocks 
       14.3     Restoration digital blocks  
       14.4     Multiple destination unidirectional digital blocks     
       14.5     Single destination unidirectional digital blocks         
       14.6     Related information           
15     Designation of digital path interconnections          
       15.1     Conventional digital paths not connected to their terminal equipment           
       15.2     Restoration digital paths    
       15.3     Digital line sections and digital radio sections          
       15.4     Related information           
16     Designations of routes in the mixed analogue/digital transmission network 
       16.1     Transmission routes with one analogue-to-digital conversion          
       16.2     Transmission routes with two analogue-to-digital conversions         
       16.3     Transmission routes with more than two analogue-to-digital conversions     
       16.4     Related information           
17     Designation of data transmission systems 
       17.1     General 
       17.2     Data transmission links      
       17.3     Related information           
18     Designations of digital block interconnections created by the interconnection of Digital Circuit Multiplication Equipments (DCMEs)    
       18.1     General 
       18.2     Multi-clique configuration of DCMEs        
       18.3     Low rate encoding equipment       
       18.4     Related information           
19     SDH  
       19.1     Designation of multiplex sections of the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)        
       19.2     Designations of Virtual Container interconnections 
       19.3     Concatenated virtual containers     
       19.4     Leased circuits based on SDH      
20     Related information for digital block, path, data transmission system, block interconnections created by the interconnection of DCMEs, SDH multiplex sections and Virtual Containers    
       20.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]    
       20.2     Terminal countries [item 2]
       20.3     Names of network operators/service providers [item 3]     
       20.4     Control station [sub-control station(s)] [item 4]      
       20.5     Fault report points [item 5]
       20.6     Routing [item 6]    
       20.7     Association [item 7]          
       20.8     Equipment information [item 8]      
       20.9     Use [item 9]         
      20.10     Transmission medium information [item 10]          
      20.11     End-to-end information or composition of transmission or Operational Agreement [item 11]    
      20.12     Bit rate (for blocks, paths and SDH multiplex sections) [item 12]  
      20.13     Occupancy (except for paths) [item 13]   
      20.14     Actual number of channels and access point identifier [item 14]     
      20.15     Clocking information (for blocks only) [item 15]   
      20.16     Direction of transmission (for unidirectional blocks) [item 16]        
21     Designation of connections for the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) 
       21.1     General 
       21.2     Transport links      
       21.3     Virtual path           
       21.4     Virtual channels    
       21.5     ATM Layer 2       
22     Related information for the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
       22.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]    
       22.2     Terminal countries [item 2]
       22.3     Names of Network operators/service providers [item 3]    
       22.4     Control and sub-control station(s) [item 4]
       22.5     Fault report points [item 5]
       22.6     Routing [item 6]    
       22.7     Association [item 7]          
       22.8     Equipment information [item 8]      
       22.9     Use [item 9]         
      22.10     Transmission medium information [item 10]          
      22.11     Operational agreement [item 11]  
      22.12     Unassigned item [item 12]
      22.13     Occupancy [item 13]       
      22.14     Direction of transmission (for unidirectional transit Network Services only) [item 14]    
      22.15     ATM transfer capability [item 15]
      22.16     Source traffic descriptor [item 16]
      22.17     Cell Delay variation tolerance [item 17]    
      22.18     Quality of Service [item 18]         
23     Transit network services 
       23.1     General 
       23.2     Transit digital transmission service 
       23.3     Transit dark fibre service   
       23.4     Related information           
24     Related information on transit network service     
       24.1     Urgency for restoration [item 1]    
       24.2     Terminal countries [item 2]
       24.3     Names of network operators/service providers [item 3]     
       24.4     Control station [sub-control station(s)] [item 4]      
       24.5     Fault report points [item 5]
       24.6     Routing [item 6]    
       24.7     Association [item 7]          
       24.8     Equipment information [item 8]      
       24.9     Use [item 9]         
      24.10     Transmission medium information [item 10]          
      24.11     SLA [item 11]     
      24.12     Bit rate [item 12] 
      24.13     Commercial identifier [item 13]    
      24.14     Unassigned item[item 14] 
      24.15     Clocking information [item 15]     
      24.16     Direction of transmission (for unidirectional transit network services only) [item 16]           
25     Designations for wavelength division multiplexing (Simple and Dense)       
       25.1     General 
       25.2     The equipment      
       25.3     Configurations for the newly created transmission systems  
       25.4     General format for the optical transmission systems
       25.5     Related information           
26     Related information on DWDM  
27     Designation of connections for the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) 
       27.1     General 
       27.2     Related information for the ADSL connections      
       27.3     Related information for the SDSL connection        
       27.4     Examples  
28     Exceptional designations 
       28.1     Exceptional designations with intelligence in the serial number         
Annex A – Full examples for designation information    
        A.1     Full example for the designation information of a public switched telephone circuit   
        A.2     Full example for the designation information of a leased analogue circuit      
        A.3     Full examples for the designation information of a group and a group link interconnection    
        A.4     Full examples for the designation information of a digital block, digital path, data transmission system, blocks created between DCMEs, Virtual Containers and SDH multiplex section interconnections    
AnnexB – KLM addressing and its relationship to time slot  numbering for virtual containers    
        B.1     KLM addressing relationship to time slot numbering           
        B.2     KLM addressing of VC-4 occupancy        
        B.3     Comparative notation of KLM addressing vs time slot numbering   
Annex C – Reference clause numbers for the various types of routes    
Annex D – Numbering of channels in data transmission systems    
Annex E – Notification form for List of ITU Carrier Codes