Summary

Amendment 1 to Recommendation ITU-T G.9903 (2012) contains:

·         The support for an optional coherent mode for use in CENELEC bandplans.

·         Support for a new bandplan in CENELEC B.

·         A Regional Annex for Japan (Annex K)

·         A new routing algorithm (LOADng) that replaces the old one (LOAD).

·         A clause on coexistence with other NB-PLC technologies.

·         Various clarifications and corrections including CFA, Header Compression, and channel access mechanism.

·         A major editorial restructuring.