CONTENTS

 1     Introduction      
        1.1     Scope    
        1.2     Abbreviations        
        1.3     Definition of satellite specific terms 
 2     SDH transport network description          
        2.1     SDH multiplexing techniques          
        2.2     Layered network modelling
 3     Applications of the FSS in SDH transport networks         
        3.1     Service aspects      
        3.2     Network management aspects       
        3.3     FSS system operational aspects     
 4     FSS-SDH network scenarios, modelling and description  
        4.1     Digital sections (scenario 1)
        4.2     Wide-area single-rate cross-connect (scenario 2)   
        4.3     Wide-area multi-rate cross-connect (scenario 3)    
 5     FSS-SDH synchronous baseband equipment       
        5.1     SBE for SDH digital section (scenario 1)    
        5.2     SBE for wide-area single-rate cross-connect (scenario 2)   
        5.3     SBE for wide-area multi-rate cross-connect (scenario 3)    
Annex  1 - SSOH DCC serial channel protocol    
 1     The serial channel protocol           
        1.1     Physical layer         
        1.2     Special SSCF for SDH transport systems  
 2     Multipoint operation         
 3     Message structure for the serial channel    
        3.1     Presentation standard         
        3.2     Message structures