EXFO IQS-8100 Series Transport Blazer for IQS-600 - Manual (Page 633)

Glossary
SONET/SDH Application 619
SDH Numbering Convention
The low order paths are defined using a 2 or 3 level convention K,L,M
depending on the rate of the AU-4 or AU-3 used to multiplex the low order
signals.
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K: the TUG-3 are numbered 1 to 3
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L: the TUG-2 are numbered within the TUG-3 0 or from 1 to 7
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M: the TU-2, TU-12, TU-11 are numbered within the TUG-2 1, 1 to 3, 1 to
4 respectively