10.7 SONET Functions > Tandem Connection Monitoring (TCM)
The Tandem paths defined in ITU recommendation G .707 Annex D and Annex E. ITU-T recommendation G.707 defines a
tandem connection source and sink and describes the responses of each when defect (alarm) and error conditions are detected.
Tandem connection maintenance signals are carried in the Z5 byte for STS-N, and in the Z6 byte for VT's. These two bytes are
structured similarly, but their functions are not identical.
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