Description: The current operational state of the near-end IMA group state machine.

1) notConfigured : The Group doesn't exist.This is the GSM initial state. 2) startUp : On UM configuring the IMA group,GSM comes to this state. 3) startUpAck : On getting the Start-up-ack from FE(this info from received ICP cell. i.e. FE accepting the proposed group parameters by this END.), GSM goes to this state. 4) configAbortUnsupportedM : This state is entered when FE is not accepting the parameter M. 5) configAbortIncompatibleSymmetry : When Group symmetry is not supported by the FE,this group is entered. 6) configAbortOther : If any of the other group parameters are not supported by the FE,then this state is entered. 7) insufficientLinks : On getting one of the following events from FE, when GSM is in startUpAck state,GSM moves to insufficientLinks state. evens : 1) Start-up-ack 2) insufficient links 3) Blocked or operational 8) blocked : For to maintenance purpose,if group is blcoked (inhibited by UM),GSM goes to this state. 9) operational : When the group has sufficient links in both Tx and Rx directions GSM goes to this state.