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      
       11.5     Data gathering function         
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 
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        C.5     Service Splitter            
        C.6     Test loops and crosstalk disturbers     
Annex D – Long Reach VDSL2    
        D.1     Introduction
        D.2     Overview of the initialization procedure          
        D.3     ITU-T G.994.1 handshake phase          
        D.4     Signals sent by the VTU‑O during the channel discovery phase
        D.5     Signals sent by the VTU‑R during the channel discovery phase
        D.6     O/R‑P‑PROBING‑LR signal exchange  
        D.7     O/R‑P‑TRAINING‑LR signal exchange 
        D.8     ITU-T G.993.2 channel discovery phase and Training phase in long loop operation        
        D.9     Definition of Limit PSD masks
       D.10     Management             
       D.11     Nominal aggregate transmit power (NOMATP)           
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 – Region D (China)    
        N.1     Band plans    
        N.2     Limit PSD mask options           
        N.3     UPBO reference PSDs              
        N.4     Template PSD              
        N.5     Compliance  
Annex O              
Annex P – Short reach VDSL2 with reduced power and enhanced data rate    
        P.1     Scope              
        P.2     Reduced ATP
        P.3     Minimum bidirectional net data rate capability              
        P.4     ITU-T G.998.4 Annex D support for enhanced net data rates with ITU-T G.998.4              
        P.5     SRA support 
        P.6     TPS-TC            
Annex Q – Enhanced data rate 35 MHz VDSL2 with 4.3125 kHz subcarrier spacing    
        Q.1     Scope             
        Q.2     Capabilities related to the profile        
        Q.3     ITU-T G.998.4 Annex D support for enhanced net data rates   
        Q.4     SRA support 
        Q.5     TPS-TC            
        Q.6     Additional changes to ITU-T G.993.2 for operation according to profile 35b      
Annex R              
Annex S               
Annex T              
Annex U              
Annex V              
Annex W            
Annex X – ITU-T G.993.5‑friendly ITU-T G.993.2 operation in the downstream direction    
        X.1     Power management commands and responses (clause 11.2.3.9)           
        X.2     Initialization procedure (supplements clause 12.3)       
Annex Y – Full ITU-T G.993.5-friendly ITU-T G.993.2 operation    
        Y.1     Initialization procedure (supplements clause 12.3)       
        Y.2     R-MSG1 (supplements clause 10.3.2.2 of [ITU-T G.993.5])         
        Y.3     O‑TA_UPDATE (supplements clause 10.4.2.1 of [ITU-T G.993.5])            
        Y.4     R‑P‑VECTOR 2 (replaces clause 10.4.4.5 of [ITU-T G.993.5])      
        Y.5     O‑PMS (supplements clause 10.5.2.1 of [ITU-T G.993.5])           
        Y.6     eoc messages for backchannel configuration (replaces clause 8.1 of [ITU‑T G.993.5])    
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        Y.7     Loop diagnostic mode procedures (replaces clause 12.4)           
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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