SDH Principle Issue 3.

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Terms and Abbreviations

Abbreviation Full name

ADM Add/Drop Multiplexer

AIS Alarm Indication Signal

APS Automatic Protection Switching

AU Administrative Unit

AU-AIS Administrative Unit Alarm Indication Signal

AU-LOP Loss of Administrative Unit Pointer

AUG Administrative Unit Group

AU-PTR Administrative Unit Pointer

BBER Background Block Error Ratio

BIP-N Bit Interleaved Parity N code

CMI Coded Mark Inversion

DCC Data Communications Channel

DXC Digital Cross-connect

ECC Embedded Control Channel

ESR Errored Second Ratio

FEBE Far End Block Error

HDB3 Higher Density Bipolar of order 3 code

HP-RDI Higher order Path - Remote Defect Indication

HP-REI Higher order Path - Remote Error Indication

HPA Higher order Path Adaptation

HPC Higher order Path Connection

HPT Higher order Path Termination

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network

ITU-T International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Sector

R-LOF Loss Of Frame

LOP Loss Of Pointer

R-LOS Loss Of Signal

LPA Lower order Path Adaptation

LPC Lower order Path Connection

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LPT Lower order Path Termination

MS-AIS Multiplex Section - Alarm Indication Signal

MS-RDI Multiplex Section - Remote Defect Indication

MSA Multiplex Section Adaptation

MSOH Multiplex Section Overhead

MSP Multiplex Section Protection

MST Multiplex Section Termination

OAM Operation, Administration and Maintenance

OHA Overhead Access

ROOF Out Of Frame

PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy

POH Path Overhead

PPI PDH Physical Interface

REG Regenerator

RDI Remote Defect Indication

RSOH Regenerator Section Overhead

RST Regenerator Section Termination

SCC System Control & Communication

SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

SEMF Synchronous Equipment Management Function

SESR Severely Errored Second Ratio

SES Severely Errored Second

SETS Synchronous Equipment Timing Source

SETPI Synchronous Equipment Timing Physical Interface

SOH Section Overhead

SPI SDH Physical Interface

STG Synchronous Timing Generator

TIM Trace Identifier Mismatch

TM Termination Multiplexer

TMN Telecommunications Management Network

TU-LOM TU-Loss Of Multi-frame

TUG Tributary Unit Group

TU-PTR Tributary Unit Pointer

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UAT Unavailable Time

UNEQ Unequipped

VC Virtual Container