Summary

This Recommendation provides ONT Management and Control Interface (OMCI) support for the Broadband Passive Optical Network (B-PON) system defined in ITU-T Rec. G.983.1 [1] for select functions which were out of the scope of ITU-T Rec. G.983.2 [2]. OMCI support is specified for Internet Protocol (IP) Router functionality on Local Area Network (LAN) cards, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) interfaces, additional Ethernet performance monitoring, video interfaces, virtual LAN (VLAN) tagging, extended Media Access Control (MAC) Bridge Filtering, local craft terminal interfaces, Virtual Channel (VC) cross-connections, and Optical Network Units (ONUs).