Performance Monitorings
Trail Termination Points
Equipment
VC-12
for each DS1 and E1 port
VC-3
for each DS3, E3 and STM-0 interfaces
VC-4
for each E4 interface and on the Cross-Connect
MS-0
Multiplex Section on the STM-0 interfaces
MS-1
Multiplex Section on the STM-1 interfaces
MS-4
Multiplex Section on the STM-4 interfaces
RS-16
Regenerator Section of the 2.5 Gbps interfaces
MS-16
Multiplex Section of the 2.5 Gbps interfaces
Non-Intrusive Monitoring
on VC-4, VC-3 & VC-12 trails & VC- 4- 4c
Severity setting for alarms
on each TP instance
Enhancements
compliant 24 hr counters Unavailable period storage
History bin:
every 15 minutes (16 bins + 4 hour storage time)
Every 24 hours (1 bin + 1 day storage time)
Threshold reports
Supervision and alarms
Plug-in circuit pack Indication
LED continuously on: diagnostic error
LED flashing: transmission signal error
System Controller indicators/buttons:
LED indicators
Power, Prompt and Deferred alarm
Abnormal, Info, Suppressed, UseCIT,
and Disconnect
Push-buttons
Suppress, Disconnect
CIT connector F-interfaces
V.10/RS-232
Station alarm interface outputs
Floating
Miscellaneous Discretes
8 inputs and 8 outputs
Q-LAN interface
to connect to EMS or other Network
Elements
Protection and redundancy
Tributary Level Redundancy:
1:N Equipment protection on 1.5 Mbps & 2 Mbps Interface circuit packs (N= max. 8)
1+1 Equipment protection on 34/45 Mbps, 45 Mbps Interface circuit packs
1:N Equipment protection on 140/STM1e (N= max. 4)
1+1 Equipment protection on Cross-connect circuit pack and Power & Timing circuit
pack
SNC/N protection:
VC-4 level
VC-12, VC-3 level
Programmable hold-off times
Dual Node Interworking (DNI):
between two MS-SPRings
between MS-SPRing and LO-SNC protected SubNetworks
Support of VC-4-4c Concatenation
MSP:
1+1 MSP on optical STM-0 (G.783 Annex B), STM-1 (G.783 Annex A & B) and
STM-4 (G.783 Annex A & B) tributary Interface signals
1+1 MSP on optical Line Interface circuit packs STM-16 (G.783 Annex A)
MS-SPRing:
MS-SPRing in two fiber ring Add/Drop applications
Selective MS-SPRing
Cascading of protection schemes in one Network Element
Programmable hold-off times
Maximum of 50 ms switching time for all protection mechanisms
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