scope:

This ETS specifies the technical requirements and test principles for the network interface presentations of ONP 2 048 kbit/s digital leased lines using 120 Ω interfaces. This includes:

- the 2 048 kbit/s digital unstructured leased line; and

- the 2 048 kbit/s digital structured leased line with an information transfer rate of 1 984 kbit/s without restriction on binary content.

A connection is presented via interfaces at Network Termination Points (NTP). This ETS defines the network interface as presented by the leased line provider and should be used in conjunction with the appropriate companion standard, ETS 300 247 or ETS 300 419, specifying the connection characteristics between the NTPs of the leased line. This ETS and the appropriate connection characteristics standard together describe the technical characteristics of the leased line.

This ETS is applicable to leased lines, including part time leased lines, for which the establishment or release do not require any protocol exchange or other intervention at the NTP.

This ETS covers the physical, mechanical and electrical characteristics of the network interface and specifies the conformance tests for equipment of the kind that provides the interface presentation. Some of the tests described in this ETS are not designed to be applied to the interface of an installed leased line; such tests may be applied to equipment of the kind used to provide the interface. This ETS does not include details concerning the implementation of the tests nor does it include information on any regulations concerning testing. There is no requirement for each leased line to be tested in accordance with this ETS before it is brought into, or returned into, service.