POH

POH definition - telecom
In a SONET or SDH frame, nine octets of overhead contained within the Synchronous Payload Envelope (SPE).The POH field is dedicated to the relay of operations, administration, management, and provisioning (OAM&P) information in support of end-to-end network management. See also frame, network management, overhead, SDH, SONET, and SPE.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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