Table of Contents

�1���� Scope������������
�2���� References���
�3���� Terms and definitions���������������
������� 3.1���� Terms defined elsewhere
������� 3.2���� Terms defined in this Recommendation�����
�4���� Abbreviations and acronyms��
�5���� General considerations��������������
������� 5.1�� ��Safety considerations for avoiding damage to the human eye and skin��������������
������� 5.2���� Considerations to keep fibres damage-free
�6���� Procedures and guidelines��������
������� 6.1���� General��������������
������� 6.2���� APR procedures for systems employing discrete optical amplification
������� 6.3���� APR procedures for systems based upon distributed Raman amplification��������
Appendix I � Examples of automatic power reduction (APR) architectures for systems (including those based upon Raman amplification)� deploying an optical auxiliary channel (OAC)����
������� I.1���� Considerations on using an OAC instead of a restart pulse for automatic restart���������������
������� I.2���� Description of APR procedure using co-propagating OSC�������
������� I.3���� Description of APR procedure using counter-propagating OSC��������������
Appendix II � Description of automatic laser shutdown/automatic power shut-down (ALS/APSD) procedures for single-channel point-to-point SDH systems����
������ II.1���� Introduction������
������ II.2���� Single-channel point-to-point SDH without line amplifiers�����
������ II.3���� Single-channel point-to-point SDH with line amplifiers�����������
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