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Recommendation R.116 (R.11m)
MAINTENANCE TESTS TO BE CARRIED OUT ON INTERNATIONAL
TDM SYSTEMS
The CCITT,
considering
a) the savings to be made by reducing interruption time on TDM
links;
b) the importance of being able to determine responsibilities
between the several parties who, of necessity are involved in maintenance
questions for the networks;
c) the advantages of standardization regarding maintenance;
d) maintenance loops are standardized in Recommendation R.115,
unanimously declares the following:
that when the quality of the TDM-link has deteriorated beyond the alarm
limit or if the local muldex gives an alarm, supplementary measurement should be
performed. The following test and supervision methods can be used.
1. Testing and supervision of TDM systems
1.1 Bit error rate
The synchronization bits are supervised and an error rate alarm is issued
when the error rate exceeds a preset limit, 10-3, 10-4 or 10-5.
1.2 Bit error counter
All synchronization bit errors shall be registered in a cyclic counter and
it shall be possible to read the value of this counter by command.
1.3 Routine supervision
The operation of the TDM equipment and maintenance channel should
continuously be supervised by a repetitive test signal. An alarm is issued when a
correct acknowledgement is not received for a specified number of test signals. The
alarm is reset automatically when the fault situation ceases.
1.4 Alarm reset
It shall be possible to reset all alarms from the local side. The command
shall also be able to reset the error rate value.
1.5 System alarms
Failures that affect operation of the whole or a major part of the TDM
equipment are classified as one category. The supervised functions are:
- Carrier: Loss of carrier is detected by the data modem
through CCITT circuit 109 or the corresponding
circuit.
- Synchronization: Loss of synchronization is detected by the TDM
multiplexer in accordance with the respective
CCITT Recommendation.
- Multiplexing Failure of the TDM central logic is detected by
logic: internal supervision facilties within the
multiplexer.
- Power: Failure of the power supply is detected when the
telegraph power supply exceeds tolerance
limits.
1.6 Changing of active side
When the TDM equipment is duplicated the active side can be changed by
command or manually.
When the remote or local side is changed automatically or manually,
information about what side is executive must be sent when the change has been
executed.
1.7 Looptest on standby side
When the TDM equipment is duplicated the standby modem can be tested by the
setting of loop b by command. The test result is sent over the active maintenance
channel.
1.8 Automatic restart
When the remote TDM is automatically restarted, information shall be sent
informing about the restart and alarm status.
1.9 Acknowledgement
The acknowledgement consists of one character and should have the following
values:
5 - Acknowledgement;
0 - Not acknowledgement.
2. Format of the messages
The messages which will be sent over the 50 baud maintenance channel
shall have the following structure:
C1C2M1M2....Mn;
C1C2: Message category (two characters);
M1-Mn: Information (number of characters unlimited).
After the reception of a message at the receiving end, the receiving end
shall send one character to the originating end as an acknowledgement of the
reception.
2.1 Message categories
The purpose of the message categories (called MC) is to give a direct
command or to inform the control equipment in an exchange, a maintenance centre
or a TDM about what type of information the following message contains.
The MC consist of two characters, and each character is a decimal number
from 0 to 9. The numbers are coded according to alternative A (CSC) in R.115.
2.2 Information
The information characters are a part of an order to the remote TDM
equipment or information from the remote TDM-equipment, depending on the Message
Category Signal.
The number of information characters in a message is not limited.
The characters are decimal numbers from 0 to 9, coded according to
alternative A(CSC) in R.115.
3. Maintenance messages
Using the format described in 2 the maintenance messages shall have a
message category and information as given in the table below:
TABLE 1
Maintenance messages
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