Table of Contents

 1     Scope        
 2     References             
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms           
 5     Overview  
 6     Functional Reference model            
 7     TPS-TC function     
        7.1     ATM TPS-TC 
        7.2     PTM TPS-TC with 64/65-octet encapsulation   
 8     Retransmission functions    
        8.1     DTU framer 
        8.2     Retransmission multiplexer   
        8.3     Transmitter retransmission state machine      
        8.4     Retransmission Return Channel (RRC)             
        8.5     Roundtrip     
        8.6     Retransmission control parameters   
 9     PMS-TC function    
        9.1     Scrambler    
        9.2     FEC  
        9.3     Latency paths multiplexer     
        9.4     Framing parameters 
        9.5     Impulse noise protection       
10     PMD function        
       10.1     Definition of MTBE  
       10.2     General definition of signal‑to‑noise ratio margin      
       10.3     Definition of MTBE_min       
       10.4     Accelerated testing of MTBE
11     Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) Management function 
       11.1     Configuration parameters    
       11.2     Test parameters      
       11.3     OAM line-related primitives 
       11.4     Performance Monitoring Parameters            
       11.5     Channel initialization policies            
12     DTU counters        
13     On-line Reconfiguration (OLR)       
Annex A – Support of ITU‑T G.998.4 with ITU‑T G.992.3    
        A.1     Specific requirements            
        A.2     Initialization 
        A.3     Management plane procedures         
Annex B – Support of ITU‑T G.998.4 with ITU‑T G.992.5    
        B.1     Specific requirements            
        B.2     Initialization 
        B.3     Management plane procedures         
Annex C – Support of ITU‑T G.998.4 with ITU‑T G.993.2    
        C.1     Specific requirements            
        C.2     Initialization 
        C.3     Management plane procedures         
Appendix I – Transmit state machine    
        I.1               Reference transmit state machine          
        I.2               Last chance retransmission state machine           
Appendix II – Motivation of MTBE accelerated test    
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