SESSION 6

Transmission quality

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 6 Transmission quality
Session presentation
 Objective: to be able to manage the transmission quality records

 Program:
 6.1 Definition of counters 3
 6.2 Configuring performance points 11
 6.3 Displaying performance data 17

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 SESSION 6
Transmission quality

6.1 Definition of counters

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 6.1 Definition of counters
Introduction to performance monitoring
 Principles

Based on counting errored BIP bytes.

- Byte B1: BIP8 (RSOH)

- Byte B2: BIP24 (MSOH of an STM1 rate)
- Byte B3: BIP8 (VC4 POH)
- Byte V5: BIP2 (VC12)
 Calculates the BIPs (on frame transmission)
Time

N+3 N+2 N+1 N

BIP BIP
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Introduction to performance monitoring

 Comparison of BIPs (on frame reception)

Time

N+3 N+2 N+1 N

Extraction BIP computation

COMPARE

INCREMENT
COUNTERS

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Introduction to performance monitoring

Far End (Node A) Near End (Node B)

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MS-REI Byte B2
Byte M1 (B2 return)

P-REI Byte B3
Byte G1 (B3 return)
P-REI Byte V5
Byte V5

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 6.1 Definition of counters
Introduction to performance monitoring
 The performance counters are linked to TPs to count
transmission errors.
 The operator can initiate performance monitoring on one or more
subsets of counters for each TP.
 Data is collected automatically and periodically by the OS.
 The main performance management functions are:
 configuring the counting period (15 min and/or 24 hours) for
each of the NE's performance points,
 configuring quality thresholds,
 collecting performance data,
 displaying performance data.

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 6.1 Definition of counters
Managed performance counters (local)
 BBE Background Block Error
 EB Error Block
 ES Errored Second
 SES Severely Errored Second
 CSES Consecutive Severely Errored Second
 UAT UnAvailable Time
 UAS UnAvailable Second

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Managed performance counters (remote)
 FEBBE Far End Background Block Error
 FEBC Far End Block Error Count
 FEBE Far End Block Error
 FECSES Far End Consecutive Severely Errored Second
 FEES Far End Errored Second
 FESES Far End Severely Errored Second
 FEUAS Far End UnAvailable Second

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Managed performance counters (other)
 OFS Out of Frame Second

 PSC Protection Switch Counter

 PSD Protection Switch Duration

 PJC Pointer Justification Counter

 FEC Forward Error Correction

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Transmission quality

6.2 Configuring performance points

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Configuring thresholds
 Open an equipment view
 Select the menu:
Configuration  Performance  Threshold
Tables

 In this window, you can perform the following

operations on a thresholds table
 create
 modify
 display
 delete
 link to a TP entity

 1) Select the table from the list (except for creation)

 2) Click the button representing the action you
want to carry out
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Configuring threshold tables

 1) Enter the table name (creation

only) (a number!)
 2) Select granularity (creation
only)
 3) Define the upper threshold
value
 4) Define the lower threshold
value
 5) Select the alarm severity
 6) Disable "send notification" if no
message is to be sent on a
threshold crossing
 7) Click apply

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 6.2 Configuring performance points
Starting/stopping performance monitoring
 1) Display the port view of a board
 2) Select a TP (MST, RST or AU4 block,
for example)
 3) Select the menu Port  Performance
 Configure Monitoring
 4) Select a POM/SUT (if required)
 5) Define the parameters Mode, EML OS
Monitoring and Notifications
 6) Link a Threshold table
 7) Click Apply
 8) Click on "set ASAP" if you want to
configure ASAP
 9) Click Apply
 Repeat steps 5 to 9 for all other POM/SUT
 10) Click the Close button
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Exercise
 Display a threshold configuration table and note
down the parameters
 Create a new threshold configuration table,
using the previous pointers as an example
 Start performance monitoring for two TPs
(15-minute counter)

Time allowed :
20 minutes

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Transmission quality

6.3 Displaying performance data

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Displaying performance data for single TP
From the Equipment view :

 1) Display the port view of a board

 2) Select a TP
 3) Select the menu Port 
Performance  Display Current
Data
 4) Select the necessary POM/SUT (in
case of AU4 CTP or TUx CTP)
 5) Select the required granularity

 Click Refresh to update the window

data

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Displaying the performance data history for single TP

From the Equipment view :

 1) Display the port view of

a board
 2) Select the TP
 3) Select the menu
Port  Performance 
Display History Data
 4) Select the required
POM/SUT (in case of
AU4 CTP or TUx CTP)
 5) Select the required
granularity

 Click Refresh to update the

window data
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 6.3 Displaying performance data
Exercise

 Display the current performance data

for the TPs started on the last exercise
 Test the Refresh and Reset button
 Display the performance data history

Time allowed :
15 minutes

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 6.3 Reading performance data
Navigation in performance data views
4 ways to get the
RRC window

1 2 3 2

Menu in
4 ways to get the Network Topology View
generated report

4 4
Screen
Mail
File Menu in
Printer Equipment View

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Navigation in performance data views (RRC view)

 Select performance entity(ies)

to make a report on them
(directly in the list or with the
"PE selection window" or with
the filter)

 Set reporting Criteria

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Performance Entity Selection

 A Performance Entity is a set of PM TPs

 Managing Performance Entities, the 1353NM operator makes

the PM data analysis more efficient.

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Performance Entity Selection (in the list or with the filter)

 From the RRC window,

performance entities
selection using the filter .

 Performance entities
selection using the
performance entity tree .

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Save Performance Entity Selection

 The operator can save the selected Performance entities of

the Performance entities tree. Comments

PE selection
name

Selected PEs

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Retrieve Performance Entity Selection

 The operator can retrieve a

previously saved Performance
entities selection.

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Selecting performance parameters

 Select Param. : to make a report on

selected PEs.

RRC Window

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Setting Thresholds
 Set Threshold for a certain TP or all Tps.
(not mandatory)

Define threshold

For all TPs

Up or down
Select parameter value

RRC Window
Apply
Save

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Setting presentation Options
 Set presentation options before or after report
generation

RRC Window

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Set reporting Criteria (1)
 To specify specific Reporting
Criteria to direct the contents of a
report

 - User selection period

1
 - Granularity
 - Specifying the report destination
2
3  - Specifying the report type
4  - Specifying the report style
5

RRC Window
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Set reporting Criteria (2)

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Display PCT Report (1)

Report period
chosen
Select
Performance
entity(ies)

Results

Report view when the

operator chooses report
type PCT and all entities
in one table in the setting
Select
presentation options.
Performance
parameters

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Display PCT Report (2)

Report view when the

operator chooses report
type PCT and one Entity
per table in the setting
presentation options.

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Display PCG (Graphical Report - line chart)

Select Line
chart

Select
Performance
entity(ies)

Report view when the

operator chooses report type
PCG and all entities in one
table in the setting
presentation options.

Select
Legend
performance
parameter(s)
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Display PCG (Graphical Report - Bar chart) (1)

Select Bar
chart

Select
Performance Report view when the
entity(ies) operator chooses report type
PCG and all entities in one
table in the setting
presentation options.

Select
Legend
performance
parameter(s)
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Display PCG (Graphical Report - Bar chart) (2)

Select Bar
chart

Select Report view when the operator

Performance chooses report type PCG and
entity(ies) one Entity per table in the
setting presentation options.

Select
Legend
performance
parameter(s)
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Forced reading of performance counters
 Forced reading is used to collect data immediately without
waiting for the end of the next collection period

 Valid only for 15 minutes counters.

 1) Display any equipment view

 2) Select Configuration  Performance  Forced Performance

collection

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Search for a TP

 1) In the RRC window, select the starting point of

the search.
 2) Select menu Search.

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Search for a TP by name and type

 Define the search conditions or

use the profile function to load
saved search conditions.
 Click the “Start” button to start
search.
Start
the search

Define criteria

Results are displayed

in this area

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Search for a TP by Value

 Locate quality degraded TP

 Define the search conditions or

use the profile function to load
saved search conditions. Start
the search

 Click the “Start” button to start

search.

Define criteria

Select value(s)

Results are displayed

in this area

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Purge Performance Monitoring data (1)
 When it is no more necessary to keep the data of monitored PM TP(s) the
1353NM operator can
purge these data.
Select Network

Select the category

Select the period

Execute

RRC
Window

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 6.3 Displaying performance data
Exercise
 Force counters collection
 Display the performance data for TPs
started in the previous exercise
– graphical report
– textual report
 Locate TPs with errors detected
 Create a Performance Entity
corresponding to the TPs previously
started
Time allowed :
20 minutes  Delete the Network Entity
 Purge the data of one TP
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 SESSION 6
Transmission quality

SELF-ASSESSMENT

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 6 Transmission quality
Evaluation
 Objective: to be able to manage the
transmission quality records

Thank you for answering

the self-assessment
of the objectives sheet

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