CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Terms and definitions       
 4     Abbreviations   
 5     Conventions     
 6     Common aspects of GFP 
        6.1     Basic signal structure for GFP client frames
        6.2     GFP control frames           
        6.3     GFP frame-level functions  
 7     Payload specific aspects for frame-mapped GFP  
        7.1     Ethernet MAC payload      
        7.2     IP/PPP payload     
        7.3     Fibre channel payload via FC-BBW_SONET        
        7.4     Error handling in frame-mapped GFP         
        7.5     IEEE 802.17 RPR payload
 8     Payload-specific aspects for transparent mapping of 8B/10B clients into GFP       
        8.1     Common aspects of GFP-T           
        8.2     Running disparity in 64B/65B codes           
        8.3     Client-specific Signal Fail aspects   
        8.4     Full-rate transparent mapping of 8B/10B clients into GFP   
        8.5     Asynchronous (full- or sub-rate) mapping of 8B/10B clients into GFP         
Appendix I – Examples of functional models for GFP applications    
Appendix II – Sample GFP payload types    
Appendix III – GFP frame example illustrating transmission order and CRC calculation    
Appendix IV – Number of superblocks used in Transparent GFP    
       IV.1     Introduction          
       IV.2     Calculation of "spare" bandwidth   
       IV.3     Calculation of available bandwidth for CMFs        
Appendix V – Bandwidth requirements for Ethernet transport