Table of Contents
1Scope
2References
3Definitions
4Abbreviations
5Measurementofnetworkparameters
5.1Measurementpointlocationandmeasurement
process
5.2ATMreferenceevents,outcomesandnetwork
performanceparameters
5.3Physicallayerreferenceeventsandoutcomes
5.4ATMnetworkperformanceparameters
5.5Measurementmodes
6Out-of-servicemeasurementmode
6.1GenerationoftrafficattheATMlayer
6.2Testcellpayloadformat
6.3Testtrafficprofiles
6.4Backgroundtraffic
6.5OAMtraffic
6.6Simulationofanomaliesanddefects
6.7CLPflowmeasurements
6.8Measurementprocess
6.9Networkperformanceparameterscalculation
6.10UPC/NPCperformanceparameters
7In-servicemeasurementmode
7.1Networkperformanceparametersestimation
8PhysicalinterfacesoftheAME
8.1Generalinterfacecharacteristicsand
bitrates
8.2Specificgeneratorinterfacecharacteristics
8.3Specificreceiverinterfacecharacteristics
8.4Informationavailableatphysical
interfaces
9Miscellaneousfunctions
9.1Eventtimestamping
9.2Outputtorecordingdevices
9.3Remotecontrol
10Operatingconditions
10.1Environmentalconditions
10.2Behaviourincaseofpowerfailure
AnnexACriteriaforthedetectionofanomalies,
defectsandindications
AnnexBMeasurementalgorithms
AnnexCTestcellpayloadscrambling/descrambling
C.1Scrambling/descrambling
C.2ScramblingandCRC
AppendixIExamplesofuseofthedifferent
measuringmodes
I.1Useoftheout-of-service
measurementmode
I.2Useofthein-servicemeasurement
mode
I.3Combineduseofout-of-serviceand
in-servicemeasurementmodes Abstract
Describes algorithms and processes for the out-of-service estimation of the ATM layer cell transfer performance by means of the network performance parameters defined in Recommendations I.356 and I.357.
