GR 499 CORE : ISSUE 4

1. Introduction
     1.1 Organisation
     1.2 Transport Technology Criteria
     1.3 Requirement Labelling Conventions
2. Availability
     2.1 Introduction and Scope
     2.2 Interoffice Transport Systems
     2.3 Loop Transport Networks
     2.4 Loop Feeder Transport Systems
3. Reliability and Quality
     3.1 System Reliability Objectives
     3.2 Equipment Reliability Prediction
     3.3 Device Reliability
     3.4 Manufacturing Program
     3,5 Software Reliability and Quality
     3.6 Customer's Reliability and Quality Surveillance
          Program
     3.7 Customer's Field Performance Study
4. Error Performance
     4.1 Scope of Requirements
     4.2 Error Performance Parameters
     4.3 Error Performance Requirements
5. Protection Switching
     5.1 Induction
     5.2 Protection Switching for Digital Radio Systems
     5.3 Protection Switching for Fiber Optic Systems
     5.4 Protection Switch Availability and Reliability
     5.5 Supplier-Provided Information and Monitoring Capabilities
     5.6 Protection Switching for Terminal Circuit Packs
6. System Transient Response
     6.1 Phase Hits
     6.2 Temporary Signal Interruption
     6.3 Loss of Signal
7. Jitter
     7.1 Introduction
     7.2 Network Interface Timing Jitter Requirements
     7.3 Digital Equipment Timing Jitter Requirements
8. Transmission Delay
     8.1 Background
     8.2 Requirements
9. Signal Interfaces
     9.1 Pulse Density Assurance and Maintenance
     9.2 Synchronous Digital Data Interface -64kb/s and substrates
     9.3 DSI
     9.4 DSIC
     9.5 DS2
     9.6 DS3
     9.7 DS4NA
     9.8 Digital Hierarchy Interworking Interfaces
10. Signal Formats
     10.1 DSO
     10.2 DS1
     10.3 DS1C
     10.4 DS2
     10.5 DS3
     10.6 DSANA
11. Coding Laws
     11.1 General
     11.2 Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
     11.3 Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM)
12. Physical Design
     12.1 Human Factors Criteria
     12.2 Equipment
     12.3 Network Equipment - Building Systems (NEBS)
13. Power Systems Interfaces
     13.1 General
     13.2 Shared DC Power
     13.3 AC Power Interfaces
14. Electrical Environment and Safety
     14.1 System-Level Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
     14.2 Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
     14.3 Lightning and AC Power Induction
     14.4 Steady-State Power Induction
     14.5 DC Potential Difference
     14.6 Electricity Safety
     14.7 Corrosion
     14.8 Bonding and Grounding
15 Operations Technology
16. Supplier Documentation
     16.1 Introduction
     16.2 Descriptions
     16.3 Design
     16.4 Planning and Engineering
     16.5 Inventory and Ordering
     16.6 Installation
     16.7 Provision
     16.8 Maintenance
     16.9 Traffic Database Administration
     16.10 Billing
     16.11 Reliability and Quality Assurance
     16.12 Glossary
17 Supplier-Provided Training
     17.1 Introduction
     17.2 Scope
     17.3 Organisation of GR-839-CORE
     17.4 Needs Analysis
     17.5 Job Study
     17.6 Course and Curriculum Design
     17.7 Materials Development and Documentation
     17.8 Review and Field Test
     17.9 Course Delivery
     17.10 Follow-up Evaluation, Maintenance and Updating
     17.11 Product Support
     17.12 Training Costs
18 DSn Alarm Surveillance
     18.1 Introduction
     18.2 Directly Detected Defects
     18.3 DSn AIS
     18.4 DSn Transport Modes
     18.5 DSn Failure Declaration and Clearing
References
Glossary

Provides the generic requirements common to transport systems. Transport systems provide the means to transmit information between designated interfaces in a communications network. They consist of hardware, software, and media that combine, process, and transmit signals used to support telecommunications services.