Background ITU SG15 Standardizes Transport Equipment G.707 – SDH/SONET G.709 – Digital Wrapper Q14/15 is responsible for Standardizing Management G.7712 - ARCHITECTURE AND SPECIFICATION OF DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK Standardized in Oct 2001, v2 in Jan 2003 Extends Management Network defined in Q.811 Adds Signaling Communications Network (SCN) Adds support for IP over the SONET/SDH DCC, G.709 GCC via PPP IS-IS defined for use in IP and OSI MCN/SCN |