CONTENTS

 1     Scope
        1.1     System reference model
        1.2     Objectives
 2     References
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Reference Models
        5.1     ATU‑C transmitter reference models
                  5.1.1     ATU‑C transmitter reference model for STM transport
                  5.1.2     ATU‑C transmitter reference model for ATM transport
        5.2     ATU‑R transmitter reference models
                  5.2.1     ATU‑R transmitter reference model for STM transport
                  5.2.2     ATU‑R transmitter reference model for ATM transport
        5.3     ATU‑C/R transmitter timing model (Annex C only)
 6     Transport capacity
        6.1     Transport of STM data
        6.2     Transport of ATM data
        6.3     ADSL system overheads and total bit rates
 7     ATU‑C functional characteristics
        7.1     STM Transmission Protocol Specific functionalities
                  7.1.1     ATU‑C input and output V interfaces for STM transport
                  7.1.2     Downstream simplex channels – bit rates
                  7.1.3     Downstream/upstream duplex channels – bit rates
                  7.1.4     Payload transfer delay
                  7.1.5     Framing Structure for STM transport
        7.2     ATM Transport Protocol Specific functionalities
                  7.2.1     ATU‑C input and output V interface for ATM transport
                  7.2.2     Payload transfer delay
                  7.2.3     ATM Cell specific functionalities
                  7.2.4     Framing Structure for ATM transport
        7.3     Network timing reference (NTR)
                  7.3.1     Need for NTR
                  7.3.2     Transport of the NTR
        7.4     Framing
                  7.4.1     Data symbols
                  7.4.2     Synchronization
                  7.4.3     Reduced overhead framing
        7.5     Scramblers
        7.6     Forward error correction
                  7.6.1     Reed-Solomon coding
                  7.6.2     Reed-Solomon Forward Error Correction Superframe Synchronization
                  7.6.3     Interleaving
                  7.6.4     Support of higher downstream bit rates with S= 1/2 (optional)
        7.7     Tone ordering
        7.8     Constellation encoder (trellis code version)
                  7.8.1     Bit extraction
                  7.8.2     Bit conversion
                  7.8.3     Coset partition and trellis diagram
                  7.8.4     Constellation encoder
        7.9     Constellation encoder – No trellis coding
                  7.9.1     Bit extraction
                  7.9.2     Constellation encoder
       7.10     Gain scaling
       7.11     Modulation
                 7.11.1     Subcarriers
                 7.11.2     Modulation by the inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT)
                 7.11.3     Synchronization symbol
                 7.11.4     Inverse synchronization symbol (Annex C only)
       7.12     Cyclic prefix
       7.13     Transmitter dynamic range
                 7.13.1     Maximum clipping rate
                 7.13.2     Noise/distortion floor
       7.14     ATU‑C Downstream Transmitter spectral masks
       7.15     Dual Bitmapping and Rate Conversion (Annex C only)
       7.16     FEXT Bitmapping (Annex C only)
 8     ATU‑R Functional Characteristics
        8.1     STM Transmission Protocol Specific functionalities
                  8.1.1     ATU‑R input and output T interfaces for STM transport
                  8.1.2     Downstream simplex channels – Transceiver bit rates
                  8.1.3     Duplex channels – Transceiver bit rates
                  8.1.4     Framing Structure for STM transport
        8.2     ATM Transport Protocol Specific functionalities
                  8.2.1     ATU‑R input and output T interfaces for ATM transport
                  8.2.2     ATM Cell specific functionalities
                  8.2.3     Framing Structure for ATM transport
        8.3     Network timing reference
        8.4     Framing
                  8.4.1     Data symbols
                  8.4.2     Synchronization
                  8.4.3     Reduced overhead framing
        8.5     Scramblers
        8.6     Forward error correction
        8.7     Tone ordering
        8.8     Constellation encoder – Trellis version
        8.9     Constellation encoder – Uncoded version
       8.10     Gain scaling
       8.11     Modulation
                 8.11.1     Subcarriers
                 8.11.2     Modulation by the inverse discrete Fourier transform
                 8.11.3     Synchronization symbol
                 8.11.4     Inverse synchronization symbol (Annex C only)
       8.12     Cyclic prefix
       8.13     Transmitter dynamic range
                 8.13.1     Maximum clipping rate
                 8.13.2     Noise/distortion floor
       8.14     ATU‑R Upstream Transmitter spectral response
       8.15     Dual Bitmapping and Rate Conversion (Annex C only)
       8.16     FEXT Bitmapping (Annex C only)
 9     EOC Operations and Maintenance
        9.1     Clear EOC
        9.2     Embedded operations channel (EOC) requirements
                  9.2.1     EOC organization and protocol
                  9.2.2     EOC message structure
                  9.2.3     EOC message sets
                  9.2.4     Data registers in the ATU‑R
                  9.2.5     EOC protocol states
        9.3     In-service performance monitoring and surveillance
                  9.3.1     ADSL line related primitives
                  9.3.2     STM data path related primitives
                  9.3.3     ATM data path related primitives
                  9.3.4     Other ADSL indicators, parameters and signals
        9.4     Failures and Performance Parameters
        9.5     Test Parameters
                  9.5.1     Near‑end test parameters
                  9.5.2     Far‑end test parameters
10     Initialization
       10.1     Overview
                 10.1.1     Basic functions of initialization
                 10.1.2     Transparency to methods of separating upstream and downstream signals
                 10.1.3     Implementation of service options for ADSL
                 10.1.4     Resetting during initialization and data transmission
                 10.1.5     Initialization with Hyperframe (Annex C only)
       10.2     Handshake – ATU‑C
                 10.2.1     CL messages
                 10.2.2     MS messages
       10.3     Handshake – ATU‑R
                 10.3.1     CLR messages
                 10.3.2     MS messages
       10.4     Transceiver training – ATU‑C
                 10.4.1     C-QUIET2
                 10.4.2     C-PILOT1
                 10.4.3     C‑PILOT1A
                  10.4.4.     C-QUIET3A
                 10.4.5     C-REVERB1
                 10.4.6     C-PILOT2
                 10.4.7     C-ECT
                 10.4.8     C-REVERB2
                 10.4.9     C-QUIET5
                10.4.10     C-PILOT3
                10.4.11     C-REVERB3
       10.5     Transceiver training – ATU-R
                 10.5.1     R-QUIET2
                 10.5.2     R‑REVERB1
                 10.5.3     R‑QUIET3
                 10.5.4     R‑ECT
                 10.5.5     R‑REVERB2
       10.6     Channel analysis (ATU‑C)
                 10.6.1     C‑SEGUE1
                 10.6.2     C‑RATES1
                 10.6.3     C‑CRC1
                 10.6.4     C‑MSG1
                 10.6.5     C‑CRC2
                 10.6.6     C‑MEDLEY
       10.7     Channel analysis (ATU‑R)
                 10.7.1     R‑SEGUE1
                 10.7.2     R‑REVERB3
                 10.7.3     R‑SEGUE2
                 10.7.4     R‑RATES1
                 10.7.5     R‑CRC1
                 10.7.6     R‑MSG1
                 10.7.7     R‑CRC2
                 10.7.8     R‑MEDLEY
                 10.7.9     R‑REVERB4
       10.8     Exchange – ATU‑C
                 10.8.1     C‑REVERB4
                 10.8.2     C-SEGUE2
                 10.8.3     C-RATES-RA
                 10.8.4     C-CRC-RA1
                 10.8.5     C-MSG-RA
                 10.8.6     C-CRC-RA2
                 10.8.7     C-REVERB‑RA
                 10.8.8     C-SEGUE-RA
                 10.8.9     C‑MSG2
                10.8.10     C‑CRC3
                10.8.11     C‑RATES2
                10.8.12     C‑CRC4
                10.8.13     C‑B&G
                10.8.14     C‑CRC5
                10.8.15     C‑REVERB5
                10.8.16     C‑SEGUE3
       10.9     Exchange – ATU‑R
                 10.9.1     R‑SEGUE3
                 10.9.2     R-MSG-RA
                 10.9.3     R-CRC-RA1
                 10.9.4     R-RATES-RA
                 10.9.5     R-CRC-RA2
                 10.9.6     R-REVERB-RA
                 10.9.7     R-SEGUE-RA
                 10.9.8     R‑MSG2
                 10.9.9     R‑CRC3
                10.9.10     R‑RATES2
                10.9.11     R‑CRC4
                10.9.12     R‑REVERB5
                10.9.13     R‑SEGUE4
                10.9.14     R‑B&G
                10.9.15     R‑CRC5
                10.9.16     R‑REVERB6
                10.9.17     R‑SEGUE5
                10.9.18     Details of Initialization timing
11     AOC on-line adaptation and reconfiguration
       11.1     The ADSL overhead control (AOC) channel
                 11.1.1     AOC message header
                 11.1.2     AOC protocol
       11.2     On-line adaptation – Bit swapping
                 11.2.1     Bit swap channel
                 11.2.2     Superframe counting
                 11.2.3     Bit swap request
                 11.2.4     Extended bit swap request
                 11.2.5     Bit swap acknowledge
                 11.2.6     Bit swap – Receiver
                 11.2.7      Bit swap – Transmitter
Annex A – Specific requirements for an ADSL system operating in  the frequency band above POTS
        A.1     ATU‑C Functional Characteristics (pertains to clause 7)
                  A.1.1     Pilot Frequency (supplements 7.11.1.2)
                  A.1.2     ATU‑C downstream transmit spectral mask (replaces 7.14)
                  A.1.3     ATU‑C transmitter PSD mask for reduced NEXT
        A.2     ATU‑R (see clause 8)
                  A.2.1     Modulation by the inverse discrete Fourier transform (see 8.11.2)
                  A.2.2     Synchronization symbol (supplements 8.11.3)
                  A.2.3     Cyclic prefix (replaces 8.12)
                  A.2.4     ATU‑R transmitter spectral mask (replaces 8.14)
                  A.2.5     Nyquist frequency (supplements 8.11.1.2)
        A.3     Initialization (see clause 10)
                  A.3.1     Power cut-back (supplements 10.4.5.1)
                  A.3.2     Estimated average upstream loop attenuation (see 10.8.9.1)
                  A.3.3     Estimated average downstream loop attenuation (supplements 10.9.8.1)
                  A.3.4     C‑PILOT1 (supplements 10.4.2)
                  A.3.5     R‑REVERB1 (see 10.5.2)
                  A.3.6     C‑ECT (see 10.4.7)
                  A.3.7     R‑ECT (see 10.5.4)
                  A.3.8     C‑MSG2 (supplements 10.8.9)
                  A.3.9     R‑MSG2 (supplements 10.9.8)
        A.4     Electrical characteristics (new)
                  A.4.1     DC characteristics
                  A.4.2     Voiceband characteristics
                  A.4.3     ADSL band characteristics
Annex B – Specific requirements for an ADSL system operating in the frequency band above ISDN as defined in ITU-T Recommendation G.961 Appendices I and II
        B.1     ATU Functional Characteristics (see clause 7)
                  B.1.1     Data Subcarriers (see 7.11.1.1)
                  B.1.2     Pilot Frequency (see 7.11.1.2)
                  B.1.3     Downstream transmit spectral mask (replaces 7.14)
        B.2     ATU‑R functional characteristics (see clause 8)
                  B.2.1     ATU‑R transmit reference models
                  B.2.2     ATU‑R Upstream transmit spectral mask (replaces 8.14)
                  B.2.3     Data subcarriers (replaces 8.11.1.1)
                  B.2.4     Pilot frequency
                  B.2.5     Nyquist frequency (supplements 8.11.1.2)
                  B.2.6     Modulation by the Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (replaces 8.11.2)
                  B.2.7     Synchronization symbol (supplements 8.11.3)
                  B.2.8     Cyclic prefix (replaces 8.12)
        B.3     Initialization (see clause 10)
                  B.3.1     Handshake – ATU-C (supplements 10.2)
                  B.3.2     Handshake – ATU-R (supplements 10.3)
                  B.3.3     Power Cut-back (supplements 10.4.5.1)
                  B.3.4     Estimated average upstream loop attenuation (see 10.8.9.1)
                  B.3.5     Estimated average downstream loop attenuation (10.9.8.1)
                  B.3.6     C‑PILOT1 (for 10.4.3)
                  B.3.7     R‑REVERB1 (supplements 10.5.2)
                  B.3.8     R‑MEDLEY (replaces 10.7.8)
                  B.3.9     C‑MSG2 (supplements 10.8.9)
                 B.3.10     R‑MSG2 (supplements 10.9.8)
                 B.3.11     C‑ECT and R‑ECT (supplements 10.4.7 and 10.5.4)
                 B.3.12     C‑B&G (replaces 10.8.13)
Annex C – Specific requirements for an ADSL system operating in the same cable as ISDN  as defined in ITU-T Recommendation G.961 Appendix III
        C.1     Scope
        C.2     Definitions
        C.3     Reference Models
                  C.3.1     ATU‑C transmitter reference model (replaces figures in 5.1)
                  C.3.2     ATU‑R transmitter reference model (replaces figures in 5.2)
                  C.3.3     ATU‑C/R transmitter timing model (replacement for 5.3)
        C.4     ATU‑C functional characteristics (pertains to clause 7)
                  C.4.1     STM transmission protocols specific functionality (pertains to 7.1)
                  C.4.2     ATM transmission protocols specific functionalities (pertains to 7.2)
                  C.4.3     Framing (pertains to 7.4)
                  C.4.4     Dual Bitmapping and Rate Conversion (replaces 7.15)
                  C.4.5     FEXT Bitmapping (replaces 7.16)
                  C.4.6     Tone Ordering (replacement for 7.7)
                  C.4.7     Modulation (pertains to 7.11)
                  C.4.8     ATU‑C Downstream transmit spectral mask (replaces 7.14)
        C.5     ATU‑R Functional Characteristics (pertains to clause 8)
                  C.5.1     Framing (pertains to 8.4)
                  C.5.2     Dual Bitmapping and rate conversion (replaces 8.15)
                  C.5.3     FEXT Bitmapping (replaces 8.16)
                  C.5.4     Tone Ordering (pertains to 8.7)
                  C.5.5     Modulation (pertains to 8.11)
                  C.5.6     ATU‑R Upstream Transmit Spectral Mask (supplements 8.14)
        C.6     EOC Operation and Maintenance (pertains to clause 9)
                  C.6.1     ADSL line related primitives (supplements 9.3.1)
                  C.6.2     Test Parameters (supplements 9.5)
        C.7     Initialization
                  C.7.1     Initialization with Hyperframe (replaces 10.1.5)
                  C.7.2     Handshake – ATU-C (supplements 10.2)
                  C.7.3     Handshake – ATU-R (supplements 10.3)
                  C.7.4     Transceiver Training – ATU‑C (supplements 10.4)
                  C.7.5     Transceiver Training – ATU‑R (supplements 10.5)
                  C.7.6     Channel analysis (ATU‑C) (supplements 10.6)
                  C.7.7     Channel analysis (ATU‑R) (supplements 10.7)
                  C.7.8     R‑SEGUE1 (supplements 10.7.1)
                  C.7.9     Exchange – ATU‑C (supplements 10.8)
                 C.7.10     Exchange – ATU‑R (supplements 10.9)
        C.8     AOC On-line adaptation and reconfiguration (pertains to clause 11)
Annex D – ATU‑C and ATU‑R state diagrams
        D.1     Introduction
        D.2     Definitions
        D.3     State Diagrams
Annex E – POTS and ISDN-BA splitters
        E.1     Type 1 – European
                  E.1.1     Impedance matching
                  E.1.2     Return loss
                  E.1.3     Insertion loss
                  E.1.4     Insertion loss distortion
                  E.1.5     Isolation
                  E.1.6     Signal power
                  E.1.7     Ringing
                  E.1.8     Unbalance about Earth (ETS-300.001, § 4.2.1 and § 4.2.2)
                  E.1.9     Frequencies and levels for pulse metering (ETS-300.001, § 1.7.8)
        E.2     Type 2 – North America
                  E.2.1     Introduction
                  E.2.2     DC characteristics
                  E.2.3     Voiceband characteristics
                  E.2.4     ADSL band testing
                  E.2.5     Home premises physical considerations
        E.3     Type 3 – ADSL above ISDN (ITU-T G.961 Appendix I or II)
        E.4     Type 4 – Type for Japan
                  E.4.1     Introduction
                  E.4.2     DC Characteristics
                  E.4.3     AC Characteristics
Annex F – ATU‑x Classification and Performance for Region A (North America)
        F.1     Classification definitions
        F.2     Performance requirements
                  F.2.1     Crosstalk interference
                  F.2.2     Impulse noise
                  F.2.3     POTS
Annex G – ATU‑x Classification and Performance for Region B (Europe)
        G.1     Performance requirements
Appendix I – ATM Layer to Physical Layer Logical Interface
Appendix II – Dynamic (on-line) Rate Adaptation
       II.1     Introduction
                 II.1.1     General concepts
       II.2     DRA protocol and messages
                 II.2.1     DRA concept
                 II.2.2     DRA-AOC messages
       II.3     Monitoring
                 II.3.1     DRA_Monitor_Request
                 II.3.2     DRA_Monitor_Reply
       II.4     Configuration
                 II.4.1     DRA_Configuration_Request
                 II.4.2     DRA_Configuration_Reply
       II.5     Exchange
                 II.5.1     DRA_Exchange_Request
                 II.5.2     DRA_Exchange_Reply
       II.6     Swap
                 II.6.1     Example
                 II.6.2     DRA_Swap_Request
                 II.6.3     DRA_Swap_Reply
       II.7     DRA state diagram
                 II.7.1     State machine conventions
                 II.7.2     ATU‑R state machine
                 II.7.3     ATU‑C state machine
Appendix III – Compatibility with other customer premises equipment
Appendix IV – Bibliography