Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References               
 3     Definitions 
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Reference models 
        5.1     VTU functional model
        5.2     User plane protocol reference model 
        5.3     Management plane reference model 
        5.4     Application reference models
 6     Profiles       
        6.1     Definition        
        6.2     Profile parameter definitions 
        6.3     Profile compliance       
 7     Transmission medium interface characteristics         
        7.1     Duplexing method and band plan construction              
        7.2     Power spectral density (PSD) 
        7.3     Termination impedance            
        7.4     Longitudinal conversion loss   
 8     Transport protocol specific transmission convergence (TPS‑TC) function       
        8.1     The user data TPS‑TC 
        8.2     Management TPS‑TC (MPS‑TC)             
        8.3     Network timing reference TPS‑TC (NTR‑TC)     
        8.4     Time‑of‑day TPS‑TC (ToD‑TC) 
 9     Physical media specific transmission convergence (PMS‑TC) sublayer            
        9.1     PMS‑TC functional model         
        9.2     Scrambler        
        9.3     Forward error correction          
        9.4     Interleaving    
        9.5     Framing            
        9.6     Impulse noise protection (INPp)            
        9.7     Delay 
        9.8     Bit error ratio (BER)     
        9.9     Delay variation              
10     Physical media dependent (PMD) function               
       10.1     PMD functional model             
       10.2     DMT superframe        
       10.3     Symbol encoder for data symbols       
       10.4     Modulation   
       10.5     Symbol encoder for sync symbol         
       10.6     Symbol encoder for initialization          
11     Operation and maintenance (OAM)             
       11.1     OAM functional model             
       11.2     VDSL2 management entity (VME)       
       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 diagnostic mode procedures      
       12.5     Fast start-up 
13     On‑line reconfiguration (OLR)          
       13.1     Types of on‑line reconfiguration          
       13.2     Control parameters   
       13.3     Timing of changes in subcarrier configuration
       13.4     Receiver initiated procedure 
14     Electrical requirements       
       14.1     Termination impedance model            
       14.2     Service splitters           
Annex A – Region A (North America)    
        A.1     Band plan       
        A.2     Limit PSD masks           
        A.3     UPBO reference PSDs               
Annex B – Region B (Europe)    
        B.1     Band plans      
        B.2     Limit PSD mask options             
        B.3     UPBO reference PSDs               
        B.4     Template PSD               
        B.5     Compliance    
Annex C – Region C (Japan)    
        C.1     Band plan        
        C.2     Limit PSD masks           
        C.3     VDSL2 system with PSD reduction at frequencies below DPBOFMAX   
        C.4     Upstream power back‑off (UPBO) PSD masks
        C.5     Service Splitter             
        C.6     Test loops and crosstalk disturbers      
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Annex D              
Annex E              
Annex F              
Annex G             
Annex H              
Annex J               
Annex K              
Annex L
TPS‑TC functional descriptions    
        L.1     STM transmission convergence (STM‑TC) function       
        L.2     ATM transmission convergence (ATM‑TC) function      
        L.3     Packet transmission convergence function (PTM‑TC)  
Annex M – Time‑of‑day distribution over VDSL2 links    
        M.1     Time‑of‑day distribution operational overview            
        M.2     Definitions    
        M.3     Abbreviations              
        M.4     VTU functional model              
        M.5     TPS‑TC function          
        M.6     eoc communication protocol
        M.7     ToD TPS‑TC (ToD‑TC)
        M.8     Mapping of OH data 
        M.9     eoc transmission protocol      
       M.10     Frequency synchronization command             
       M.11     Time synchronization command and responses          
       M.12     Updates to initialization         
Annex N – ITU-T G.993.5‑friendly ITU-T G.993.2 operation in the downstream direction    
        N.1     Power management commands and responses (clause 11.2.3.9)          
        N.2     Initialization procedure (supplements clause 12.3)      
Annex O – Full ITU-T G.993.5-friendly ITU-T G.993.2 operation    
        O.1     Initialization procedure (supplements clause 12.3)      
        O.2     R-MSG1 (supplements clause 10.3.2.2 of [ITU-T G.993.5])        
        O.3     O‑TA_UPDATE (supplements clause 10.4.2.1 of [ITU-T G.993.5])           
        O.4     R‑P‑VECTOR 2 (replaces clause 10.4.4.5 of [ITU-T G.993.5])      
        O.5     O‑PMS (supplements clause 10.5.2.1 of [ITU-T G.993.5])          
        O.6     eoc messages for backchannel configuration (replaces clause 8.1 of [ITU‑T G.993.5])  
Appendix I – Example values of DPBO parameters to protect ADSL2plus for clause C.3    
        I.1                   Example PSD parameters            
        I.2                   Example Cable parameters         
        I.3                   Example frequency parameters               
Appendix II – Impact of loop and VTU impedance mismatch on the Hlog accuracy    
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