ATIS T1.TR.09-1991

This Technical Report summarized some of the background material for the mathematical model used to derive the Maximum Skew One-Tenth Maximum (MSTM) requirements found in ANSI T1.106-1988, American National Standard for Telecommunications – Digital Hierarchy–Optical Interface Specifications (Single-Mode). The algorithm for the Mode-Partition Noise (MPN) penalty calculation and an MPN Fortran program listing are also included.