Table of Contents 1 Scope 2 References 3 Definitions 4 Abbreviations and acronyms 5 System reference diagram 6 Signals and modulation 6.1 Description of signals 6.1.1 4.3125 kHz signalling family 6.1.2 4 kHz signalling family 6.2 Modulation 6.3 Transmit filter characteristics 6.3.1 4.3125 kHz signalling family 6.3.2 4 kHz signalling family 7 Description of messages 7.1 CL – Capabilities list 7.2 CLR – Capabilities list + request 7.3 MR – Mode request 7.4 MS – Mode select 7.5 MP – Mode proposal 7.6 ACK(1) – Acknowledgement, type 1 7.7 ACK(2) – Acknowledgement, type 2 7.8 NAK-EF – Negative Acknowledgement, errored frame 7.9 NAK-NR – Negative Acknowledgement, not ready 7.10 NAK-NS – Negative Acknowledgement, not supported 7.11 NAK-CD – Negative Acknowledgement, cleardown 7.12 REQ-MS – Request MS message 7.13 REQ-MR – Request MR message 7.14 REQ-CLR – Request CLR message 7.15 REQ-RTX – Retransmission message 8 Structure of messages 8.1 Format convention 8.2 Frame structure 8.3 Frame check sequence field 8.4 Octet transparency 8.5 Inter-frame time fill 9 Message coding format 9.1 General 9.2 Coding format for parameters in the I and S fields 9.2.1 Parameter classification 9.2.2 Order of transmission of parameters 9.2.3 Delimiting and parsing of parameter blocks 9.3 Identification field (I) 9.3.1 Message type field 9.3.2 Version number field 9.3.3 Additional information field 9.3.3.1 Vendor ID information block 9.3.3.2 Retransmission information block 9.3.4 Parameter field 9.4 Standard information field (S) 9.4.1 ITU-T G.992.1 Annex A Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.2 ITU-T G.992.1 Annex B Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.3 ITU-T G.992.1 Annex C Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.4 ITU-T G.992.2 Annexes A/B Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.5 ITU-T G.992.2 Annex C Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.6 ITU-T G.992.1 Annex H Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.7 ITU-T G.992.1 Annex I Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.8 ITU-T G.991.2 Annexes A/F Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.9 ITU-T G.991.2 Annexes B/G Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.10 9.4.11 9.4.12 ETSI MCM VDSL Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.13 9.4.14 9.4.15 ITU-T G.992.3 Annexes A/L Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.16 ITU-T G.992.3 Annex B Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.17 ITU-T G.992.3 Annex I Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.18 ITU-T G.992.3 Annex J Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.19 ITU-T G.992.4 Annex A Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.20 ITU-T G.992.4 Annex I Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.21 ITU-T G.992.3 Annex C Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.22 ITU-T G.992.5 Annex A Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.23 ITU-T G.992.5 Annex B Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.24 ITU-T G.992.5 Annex I Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.25 ITU-T G.992.3 Annex M Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.26 ITU-T G.992.5 Annex J Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.27 9.4.28 9.4.29 ITU-T G.992.5 Annex M Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.30 ITU-T G.993.1 Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.31 ITU-T G.993.1 Annex I Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.32 ITU-T G.991.2 variable silence period Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.33 ITU-T G.992.5 Annex C Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.34 ITU-T G.993.2 Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.4.35 ITU-T G.9701 Par(2)/Par(3) parameters 9.5 Non-standard information field (NS) 9.6 Overall message composition 10 ITU-T G.994.1 transactions 10.1 Basic transactions 10.1.1 Transaction A 10.1.2 Transaction B 10.1.3 Transaction C 10.1.4 Transaction D 10.2 Extended transactions 10.2.1 Transaction A:B 10.2.2 Transaction B:A 10.2.3 Transaction A:C 10.2.4 Transaction B:C 10.2.5 Transaction D:C 10.3 Message segmentation 10.4 State transition diagrams 10.5 Retransmission transactions 10.5.1 Transaction RA 10.5.2 Transaction RB 11 Start-up/cleardown procedures 11.1 Duplex start-up procedures 11.1.1 HSTU-R initiated start-up procedure 11.1.2 HSTU-C initiated start-up procedure 11.2 Half-duplex start-up procedures 11.2.1 HSTU-R initiated start-up procedure 11.2.2 HSTU-C initiated start-up procedure 11.3 Cleardown procedure 12 Error recovery procedures 13 Management information base (MIB) elements 13.1 Configuration parameters 13.1.1 GHS A43 carrier set maximum PSD level in downstream (GHS_A43_MAXPSDds) 13.1.2 GHS A43c and B43C carrier set maximum PSD level in downstream (GHS_AB43c_MAXPSDds) 13.1.3 GHS B43 and J43 carrier set maximum PSD level in downstream (GHS_BJ43_MAXPSDds) 13.1.4 GHS V43 carrier set maximum PSD level in downstream 13.1.5 GHS individual carrier maximum PSD level in downstream Annex A - Support for legacy non-ITU-T G.994.1 devices Annex B - Operation over multiple wire pairs Annex C - An operating mode for use in the same cable as TCM-ISDN C.1 Scope (supplements clause 1) C.2 Signals and modulation (pertains to clause 6) C.2.1 Description of signals (modifies clause 6.1) C.2.1.1 Signalling family (replaces clause 6.1.1) C.2.2 Modulation (replaces clause 6.2) C.3 Start-up/cleardown procedures (pertains to clause 11) C.3.1 Start-up procedures (new) C.3.1.1 HSTU-R initiated start-up procedure (new) C.3.1.2 HSTU-C initiated start-up procedure (new) C.3.2 Interoperability procedure (new) Appendix I - ITU-T G.994.1 sample sessions Appendix II - Provider code contact information Appendix III - Support for legacy DMT-based devices Appendix IV - Procedure for the assignment of additional ITU-T G.994.1 parameters IV.1 Introduction IV.2 Procedure Appendix V - Rules for code point table numbering Bibliography