1     Scope           
 2     References 
 3     Definitions 
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere        
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation            
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms              
 5     Reference models and system requirements              
        5.1     System reference models        
        5.2     Application reference models 
        5.3     FTU protocol reference model               
        5.4     FTU functional model 
        5.5     INP system requirements        
 6     Profiles        
        6.1     Definition       
        6.2     Profile compliance      
 7     Transmission medium interface characteristics          
        7.1     Duplexing method      
        7.2     Frequency band           
        7.3     Power spectral density              
        7.4     Out-of-band PSD limit                
        7.5     Termination impedance           
        7.6     Maximum aggregate transmit power  
 8     Transport protocol specific transmission convergence (TPS‑TC)
function        
        8.1     Functional reference model   
        8.2     Generic DTU format   
        8.3     Packet-based TPS-TC (PTM-TC)             
        8.4     Network timing reference (NTR)           
        8.5     Time‑of‑day (ToD)      
 9     Physical media specific transmission convergence (PMS‑TC)
sub-layer             
        9.1     Functional reference model   
        9.2     DTU scrambler              
        9.3     DTU encoder 
        9.4     Interleaver     
        9.5     Data frame multiplexer             
        9.6     RMC  
        9.7     Acknowledgement     
        9.8     Retransmission function           
10     Physical media dependent (PMD) function 
       10.1     PMD functional reference model        
       10.2     Symbol encoder         
       10.3     Precoder (downstream vectoring)      
       10.4     Modulation  
       10.5     TDD frame structure 
       10.6     Superframe structure              
       10.7     Normal and discontinuous operation intervals              
       10.8     Alignment of transmissions in vectored group               
11     Operation and maintenance (OAM)              
       11.1     OAM functional model            
       11.2     Management functions and procedures over eoc        
       11.3     OAM primitives           
       11.4     OAM parameters       
12     Link activation methods and procedures     
       12.1     Overview      
       12.2     Special operations channel (SOC)        
       12.3     Initialization procedure           
       12.4     Loop diagnostics mode            
13     Online reconfiguration (OLR)            
       13.1     Overview      
       13.2     Eoc-based procedures             
       13.3     RMC-based procedures          
       13.4     Low power link states              
14     Electrical requirements      
       14.1     Balance          
       14.2     Differential port impedance  
Annex A to Annex R     
Annex S – NT software upgrade     
        S.1     Scope               
        S.2     References    
        S.3     Reference model         
        S.4     Software image management process 
        S.5     Message set  
        S.6     Software upgrade
(informative)            
Annex T –
Dynamic time assignment (DTA) – higher-layer control aspects     
        T.1     Scope               
        T.2     DTA control parameters           
      Page
        T.3     Coordination
between the link state request and the DTA request        
Annex U to Annex W     
Annex X –
Operation without multi-line coordination intended for a crosstalk-free
environment     
        X.1     Scope               
        X.2     Definitions     
        X.3     Abbreviations and acronyms  
        X.4     Reference model(s)   
        X.5     Profiles            
        X.6     Dynamic time
assignment (DTA)           
        X.7     Initialization messages              
        X.8     Discontinuous operation          
        X.9     On-line reconfiguration            
      X.10      Initialization  
       X.11     Low power states      
       X.12     Adaptation to the
coaxial cable medium          
Annex Y – Upstream dynamic resource reports     
Annex Z – Cross-layer traffic monitoring functions and
link state control     
        Z.0     Introduction  
        Z.1     Definition of Terms     
        Z.2     Abbreviations and acronyms   
        Z.3     Reference models       
        Z.4     Generic traffic monitoring functions    
        Z.5     Generic information flows       
        Z.6     Link state specific
functions    
        Z.7     Link state management and reporting parameters        
Appendix I – Wiring topologies and reference loops     
        I.1     Wiring topologies         
        I.2     Reference loops            
Appendix II – Example OLR use cases     
       II.1     Transmitter initiated gain adjustment (TIGA)   
Appendix III  Motivation of MTBE accelerated test     
Appendix IV     
Appendix V – Retransmission buffer size and the
achievable bit-rate     
        V.1     Case 1: NSYMret+NSYMack+1 ≤ Mus       
        V.2     Case 2: NSYMret+NSYMack+1≥Mus    
        V.3     Case 3: Lower bound for the achievable net data rate 
        V.4     Memory size example               
Appendix VI – Example applications of discontinuous
operation     
       VI.1     Discontinuous operation with vectoring disabled          
       VI.2     Examples of discontinuous operation with vectoring enabled  
Appendices VII to YX     
Appendix YY – Calculation of loop attenuation
(LATN)     
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