GR 2918 CORE : ISSUE 6

Preface
1. Introduction
1.1 Motivation
1.2 Purpose and scope
1.3 Target audience
1.4 Assumptions
1.5 Reasons for reissue
1.6 Structure of this document
1.7 Requirements terminology
1.8 Requirements labeling conventions
1.8.1 Numbering of requirement and related objects
1.8.2 Requirement, conditional requirement, and objective
          Object identification
2. Optical interface notation
2.1 A generic optical network element
2.2 Optical supervisory channel (OSC)
2.3 Reference points on various ONEs
2.3.1 Optical amplifier
2.3.2 Optical terminal multiplexer
2.3.3 Optical add/drop multiplexer
2.3.4 DWDM systems and networks
3. Classification of optical network elements
3.1 ONE types 1, 2 and 3
3.2 ONE classes A and B
3.3 ONE groups I and II
4. Classification of DWDM applications
4.1 Background information
4.2 Application code structures
5. Overview of DWDM application code design
5.1 Introduction and scope
5.2 Optical channel signal power model
5.3 Extending the point-to-point model
5.4 Client interfaces
5.5 Application code power margin
5.6 Summary of key assumptions
6. Overview of DWDM application codes
6.1 Application code families
6.1.1 SR and IR application codes
6.1.2 MS12 application codes
6.1.3 MS17 application codes
6.1.4 XIR application codes
6.1.5 XMR application codes
6.1.6 Application code summary tables
6.1.7 Field of use map
7. Multiwavelength ONE optical parameter definitions and
          requirements
7.1 Optical network interfaces (ONIs)
7.1.1 Transmit interface (ONI-nS) requirements
7.1.1.1 Spectral characteristics
7.1.1.2 Transmitted optical signal power requirements
7.1.1.3 Extinction ratio
7.1.1.4 Mask of the eye diagram
7.1.2 Receive interface (ONI-nR) requirements
7.1.2.1 Received optical signal detectability requirements
7.2 Optical user interfaces (OUIs)
7.2.1 Type 1 ONEs
7.2.1.1 Single wavelength OUIs
7.2.1.1.1 Send interface (OUI-1S) requirements
7.2.1.1.2 Receive interface (OUI-1R) requirements
7.2.1.2 Multi-wavelength OUIs
7.2.2 Type 2 and type 3 ONEs
7.2.2.1 Single wavelength OUIs
7.2.2.1.1 Send interface (OUI-1S) requirements
7.2.2.1.2 Receive interface (OUI-1R) requirements
7.2.2.2 Multi-wavelength OUIs
7.3 ONE transfer characteristics
7.3.1 OSNR requirements
7.3.2 Crosstalk requirements
7.3.3 Filtering requirements
7.3.4 Maximum channel power difference
7.3.5 ONE power spread
7.4 Optical path
7.4.1 Attenuation and optical reach
7.4.2 Chromatic dispersion
7.4.3 Optical path power penalties
8. Management support for optical networking
8.1 Architecture of optical transport networks
8.2 Optical networking overhead information
8.3 Management communications architecture
8.3.1 Interactive protocols
8.3.2 Communications roles for ONEs
8.3.3 Basic communications support
8.4 Routing protocols
8.4.1 Communications requirements for gateway ONEs
8.4.2 Communications requirements for intermediate ONEs
8.4.3 Communications requirements for end ONEs
8.4.4 Mediation devices
8.5 Communications interfaces
8.5.1 ONE-OS communications
8.5.2 ONE-MD communications
8.5.3 ONE-ONE communications
8.5.4 ONE-craftsperson communications
8.6 Optical networking management communications protocols
8.6.1 Physical layer protocols
8.6.2 Data Link layer protocols
8.6.3 Network layer protocols
8.6.4 Transport layer protocols
8.6.5 Session layer protocols
8.6.6 Presentation layer protocols
8.6.7 Application layer interworking
8.7 Subnetwork - protocol interworking
8.8 NE-craftsperson interfaces
8.9 Performance management
8.9.1 Performance monitoring
8.9.2 Far-end performance monitoring
8.9.3 Intermediate performance monitoring
8.9.4 Exceptions of performance monitoring
8.9.5 Performance monitoring requirements
8.9.5.1 Independent trail monitoring
8.9.5.2 Parameter retention
8.9.5.3 Parameter retention criteria
8.9.5.4 Use of threshold
8.9.5.5 Threshold related criteria
8.9.5.6 Reports and queries
8.9.5.7 Reporting and querying criteria
8.9.5.8 Far-end performance monitoring criteria
8.9.5.9 Intermediate performance monitoring
8.9.5.10 Performance monitoring during unavailability
8.9.5.11 Physical layer requirements
8.10 Fault management
8.11 Configuration management
8.12 Security management
8.13 Accounting management
Requirement-object list
References
Acronyms and abbreviations
Appendix A: optical parameter tables
List of figures
List of tables

It gives generic requirements for the physical layer and for the common operations capabilities of DWDM systems intended for use in metropolitan/interoffice transport networks.