Table of Contents
1Scope
2References
3Termsanddefinitions
4Abbreviations
5Referencemodels
5.1Hypotheticalreferenceperformancemodelsfor
international64kbit/sconnections
5.2Hypotheticalreferenceperformancemodelfor
internationalprimaryandhigherorderpaths
6Performanceobjectives
6.1Connectionsoperatingbelowtheprimaryrate
6.2Primaryrateandhigherbitrates
7Allocationprinciples
8Evaluationoferrorperformanceevents
8.1EvaluationofES/SESeventsfromin-servicemeasurements
8.2EvaluationofES/SESeventsfromout-of-service
measurements
8.3Definitionofratios
9PerformancelimitsGeneralconsiderations
9.1Relationshipbetweenperformancelimitsandobjectives
9.2Typeoflimits
10Performancelimitsforbringing-into-service
10.1CalculationoftheBISlimits
10.2BISlimitsvalues
11Performancelimitsformaintenance
11.1Performancelevelsandlimits
11.2Performancethresholds
12Long-termqualitymonitoring/measurement
13Effectsoftimingimpairmentsonerrorperformance
14Availabilityandunavailability
14.1Definitionsofavailableandunavailablestates
14.2Consequencesforerrorperformancemeasurements
14.3Inhibitingperformancemonitoringduringunavailable
time
14.4Unavailabilitylimits
AnnexA-ExampleapplicationsofPOallocationfromTables
2aand2b
AnnexB-In-serviceESandSESeventevaluationcriteria
AnnexC-Valuesforbringing-into-servicelimitsfor
internationaldigitalpaths
AnnexD-Defaultunacceptableperformancelevelthresholds
forinternationaldigitalpaths Abstract
Provides limits for bringing-into-service and maintenance of international multi-operator PDH paths which operate at or above the primary rate, and connections which operate below the primary rate.
