CONTENTS

 1     Scope and applications
 2     References
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Reference models
        5.1     General reference models
        5.2     Functional reference model
        5.3     Protocol reference model
 6     Transmission medium interface characteristics
        6.1     Duplexing method
        6.2     Power Spectral Density (PSD)
                  6.2.1     Transmit bands
                  6.2.2     Stop bands
                  6.2.3     PSD reduction function in the frequency region below 1.104 MHz
                  6.2.4     Egress control
        6.3     Upstream Power Back Off (UPBO)
                  6.3.1     Power Back-off Mechanism
                  6.3.2     Power back-off Mask
 7     TPS-TC sublayer general functional characteristics
        7.1     a/b interface specification
                  7.1.1     Data flow
                  7.1.2     Synchronization flow
        7.2     OC TPS-TC application interface (gO, gR) description
                  7.2.1     Data flow
                  7.2.2     Synchronization flow
 8     Management
        8.1     OAM function model
        8.2     OAM communication channels
                  8.2.1     Indicator bits
                  8.2.2     VDSL embedded operations channel (eoc)
                  8.2.3     VDSL overhead control (VOC) channel
                  8.2.4     Partitioning of OAM data
        8.3     Embedded operations channel (eoc) functions and description
        8.4     eoc functional model
                  8.4.1     VME Functionality
 9     Performance requirements
        9.1     Error performance requirements
        9.2     Latency requirements
        9.3     Impulse noise immunity requirements
        9.4     Bit rate and reach requirements
10     Initialization
       10.1     Handshake – VTU-O
                 10.1.1     CL messages
                 10.1.2     MS messages
       10.2     Handshake – VTU-R
                 10.2.1     CLR messages
                 10.2.2     MS messages
                 10.2.3     MP messages
11     Electrical requirements
       11.1     Service splitters
                 11.1.1     General
Annex A – Bandplan A
Annex B – Bandplan B
Annex C – Bandplan C
Annex D – Requirements for Region A (North America)
        D.1     PSD masks
        D.2     Service splitters and electrical characteristics
        D.3     Bandplan
Annex E – Requirements for Region B (Europe)
        E.1     PSD masks
        E.2     Service splitters and electrical characteristics
Annex F – Regional requirements for environment coexisting with TCM-ISDN DSL  as defined in Appendix III/G.961
        F.1     PSD masks
        F.2     Service splitters and electrical characteristics
Annex G – ATM-TC
        G.1     Scope
        G.2     Reference model for ATM transport
        G.3     Transport of ATM data
        G.4     ATM Transport Protocol Specific TC (ATM_TC)
                  G.4.1     Application interface description (g reference point)
                 G.4.2      ATM TPS-TC functionality
                  G.4.3     a(b) interface
Annex H – PTM-TC
        H.1     Packetized data transport
                  H.1.1     Functional model
        H.2     Transport of PTM data
        H.3     Interface description
                 H.3.1      g interface
                  H.3.2     a(b) interface
       H.4      PTM TPS-TC functionality
                 H.4.1      Packet encapsulation
                  H.4.2     Packet error monitoring
                 H.4.3      Data rate decoupling
                 H.4.4      Frame delineation
Appendix I – UTOPIA implementation of the ATM-TC interface
Appendix II – Bibliography