(FDL) as described in the Bellcore document TR鈥?/div>
TSY鈥?00194 (Extended Superframe Format Interface
Specification 鈥?December 1987) and the ANSI docu-
ment T1.403鈥?989 (Carrier to Carrier Installation 鈥?DS1
Metallic Interface). It also implements the protocol that
is described in the AT&T publication TR 54016 (Re-
quirements for Interfacing DTE to Services Employing
ESF 鈥?1986/89). In addition it provides a number of im-
portant performance parameters involved in monitoring
T1 lines such as Errored Seconds, Severely Errored
Seconds, and Unavailable Seconds.
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