INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION ITU-T RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY Rec. No. : G.703 Title : Physical/electrical characteristics of hierarchical digital interfaces Study Group : XV - Transmission Systems and Equipment Version : Revised Date of adoption : 1991 Notes : The purpose of Recommendation G.703 is to give the interface specifications necessary to enable the interconnection of digital network components (digital sections, multiplex equipments, exchanges) to for an international digital link. Recommendation G.703 sets out the principles applicable to the interfaces at 64, 1 544, 6 312, 8 448, 32 604, 34 368, 97 728, 139, 264 and 155 520 kbit/s as well as to the 2 048 kHz synchronisation interface. To order the complete text of this Recommendation, please use the Order Form for ITU-T Recommendations. An electronic version of this form is available on ITUDOC (Winword: UPI=ITU-5265; ASCII: UPI=ITU-2488).