Last Updated: August 16, 2025
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The maintenance signals defined in [ITU-T G.709] provide network connection status information in the form of payload missing indication (PMI), backward error and defect indication (BEI, BDI), open connection indication (OCI), and link and tandem connection status information in the form of locked indication (LCK) and alarm indication signal (FDI, AIS).
Interaction diagrams are collected from ITU G.798 and OTN application note from IpLight
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