1 Scope
2 References
3.1 Terms defined elsewhere
3.2 Terms defined in this Recommendation
4 Abbreviations and acronyms
5 Conventions
6 Overview
6.1 Mesh topologies
6.2 Capacity efficiency considerations
7 SMP architecture types
7.1 SMP architecture overview
8 Switching types
9 Operation types
10 Non-pre-emptible unprotected traffic (NUT) and extra traffic
11 Automatic switch
12 Pre-emption principle
13 Path status monitoring
14 Automatic protection switching (APS) protocol
Annex A – Objectives
Appendix I – SMP scenarios
I.1 A simple SMP scenario
I.2 SMP in mesh network
Appendix II – Overview of shared mesh restoration (SMR) and shared mesh
protection (SMP) operation
Bibliography