Summary

Amendment 2 to Recommendation ITU-T G.988 (2010) continues the maintenance and evolution of the optical network unit management and control interface (OMCI) as defined in the Recommendation. A number of improvements in robustness are included, along with corrections of editorial errors. Significant feature extensions include added flexibility in the downstream virtual local area network (VLAN) tag treatment, provision for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay agent options in IPv4 and IPv6, and control of power over Ethernet capability.