Rec. ITU-T M.1400 (10/1992) – DESIGNATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
0 General
    0.1 Layer 1
    0.2 Layer 2
    0.3 Layer 3
    0.4 Implementation
1 Designations of international public switched circuits
    1.1 General
    1.2 Telephone-type circuits
    1.3 Circuit used for switched telex and telegraph services
    1.4 Circuits in the international public switched data network
    1.5 Related information
2 Related information for international public switched circuit
    2.1 Urgency for restoration [item 1)]
    2.2 Terminal countries [item 2)]
    2.3 Names of Administrations or carriers [item 3)]
    2.4 Control station [sub-control station(s)] [item 4)]
    2.5 Fault report points [item 5)]
    2.6 Routing [item 6)]
    2.7 Association [item 7)]
    2.8 Equipment information [item 8)]
    2.9 Use [item 9)]
    2.10 Transmission medium information [item 10)]
    2.11 Composition of the transmission [item 11)]
    2.12 Bandwidth or bit rate [item 12)]
    2.13 Signalling type [item 13)]
3 Designations of international fixed (non-switched) circuits
    3.1 General
    3.2 International leased circuits
    3.3 Fixed (non-switched) public circuits
    3.4 Related information
4 Related information for international fixed circuits
    4.1 Urgency for restoration [item 1)]
    4.2 Terminal countries [item 2)]
    4.3 Names of Administrations, carriers or broadcasting companies [item 3)]
    4.4 Control station [sub-control station(s)] [item 4)]
    4.5 Fault report points [item 5)]
    4.6 Routing [item 6)]
    4.7 Association [item 7)]
    4.8 Equipment information [item 8)]
    4.9 Use [item 9)]
    4.10 Transmission medium information [item 10)]
    4.11 Composition of the transmission [item 11)]
    4.12 Bandwidth or bit rate [item 12)]
    4.13 Signalling type [item 13)]
    4.14 Application CCITT Recommendations [item 14)]
5 Designations of international groups, supergroups, etc. (bidirectional and unidirectional)
    5.1 General
    5.2 Bidirectional groups, etc.
    5.3 Unidirectional groups and supergroups
    5.4 Related information
6 Designations of international group links, supergroup links and line links
    6.1 Group and supergroup links
    6.2 Line links
    6.3 Related information
7 Related information for international groups, group links and line links
    7.1 Urgency for restoration [item 1)]
    7.2 Terminal countries [item 2)]
    7.3 Names of Administrations, carriers or broadcasting companies [item 3)]
    7.4 Control station [sub-control station(s) [item 4)]
    7.5 Fault report points [item 5)]
    7.6 Routing [item 6)]
    7.7 Association [item 7)]
    7.8 Equipment information [item 8)]
    7.9 Use [item 9)]
    7.10 Transmission medium information [item 10)]
    7.11 End-to-end information (for mixed analogue/digital routes only) [item 11)]
    7.12 Bandwidth [item 12)]
    7.13 Occupancy (for groups/supergroups, etc., and for line links) [item 13)]
8 Designations of international digital blocks (bidirectional and unidirectional)
    8.1 General
    8.2 Bidirectional digital blocks
    8.3 Restoration digital blocks
    8.4 Multiple destination unidirectional digital blocks
    8.5 Single destination unidirectional digital blocks
    8.6 Related information
9 Designation of international digital paths
    9.1 Conventional digital paths not connected to their terminal equipment
    9.2 Restoration digital paths
    9.3 Digital line sections and digital radio sections
    9.4 Related information
10 Designations of routes in the mixed analogue/digital transmission network
    10.1 Transmission routes with one analogue-to-digital conversion
    10.2 Transmission routes with two analogue-to-digital conversions
    10.3 Transmission routes with more than two analogue-to-digital conversions
    10.4 Related information
11 Designation of data transmission systems
    11.1 General
    11.2 Data transmission links
    11.3 Related information
12 Designations of international digital blocks created by the interconnection of Digital Circuit ...
    12.1 General
    12.2 Multi-clique configuration of DCMEs
    12.3 Low Rate Encoding Equipment
    12.4 Related information
13 Designations of international Virtual Containers
    13.1 General
    13.2 Related information
14 Designation of multiplex sections of the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
    14.1 General
    14.2 Related information
15 Related information for international digital blocks, paths, data transmission systems, blocks created by ...
    15.1 Urgency for restoration [item 1)]
    15.2 Terminal countries [item 2)]
    15.3 Names of Administration, carriers or broadcasting companies [item 3)]
    15.4 Control station [sub-control station(s)] [item 4)]
    15.5 Fault report points [item 5)]
    15.6 Routing [item 6)]
    15.7 Association [item 7)]
    15.8 Equipment information [item 8)]
    15.9 Use [item 9)]
    15.10 Transmision medium information [item 10)]
    15.11 End-to-end information or composition of transmission [item 11)]
    15.12 Bit rate (for blocks, paths, Virtual Containers and SDH multiplex sections) [item 12)]
    15.13 Occupancy (except for paths) [item 13)]
    15.14 Actual number of channels (primary blocks only) [item 14)]
    15.15 Clocking information (for blocks only) [item 15)]
    15.16 Direction of transmission (for unidirectional blocks) [item 16)]
ANNEX A – Full examples for designation information
A.1 Full example for the designation information of a public switched telephone circuit
A.2 Full example for the designation information of a leased analogue circuit
A.3 Full examples for the designation information of an international group and an international group link
A.4 Full examples for the designation information of an international digital block, digital path, data ...
ANNEX B – Reference section numbers for the various types of routes
References
ANNEX C – Alphabetical list of abbreviations used in this Recommendation