64 Chapter 6 R2MFC MBM maintenance
Alarms
Performance is monitored on both the internal (PRI) and external (MFC) links, but the actions when errors occur are different. Alarms and events handling include three types of actions:
1Propagating Alarms:
a Alerts the
2Reflecting alarm conditions on faceplate LEDs
3Printing to error logs
Alarms Measurements
This section describes the mechanism and terminology of alarms measurements, and the actions taken when alarms occur or stop. Several performance indicators are monitored in order to detect
E1 signal degradation; these indicators are categorized into two groups:
•Group I errors: These are events that can be counted, and are not continuous conditions. The number of events is counted, and is compared with thresholds (number of events in a specific time interval) used to evaluate the severity of the alarm condition.
•Group II errors: These are continuous conditions. These indicators can turn on and off rapidly, or they can remain on or off.
Each group of performance indicators are handled differently.
Group I errors
Each error has two thresholds of error rate, which defines two levels of error severity:
•Maintenance — error exists but acceptable (service available)
•Out Of Service (OOS) — severe error (service not available)
Group I errors are the following:
1Bipolar Violations (BPV) — Errors in the bits coding.
2Frame Bit Error (FBER) — Errors in the frame alignment word.
3SLIPs — The replication or deletion of the 256 payload bits of an E1 frame. This error indicates that the local E1 clock is not synchronized with the far end.
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